Sneakercon Research Paper

Shoes aren't just shoes to some people, to some it's a way of living. I am on instagram and I see an ad for sneakercon coming to Chicago. Sneakercon is a show where people can come and buy, sell, and trade their shoes. i have been keeping up with shoes for about two years at that point. I ask my Mom right away if he can buy me the tickets to go. She says “Let me look at it first.”, which really didn't make me think that I was going to be able to go. I few minutes later she comes and said it's not for a month, so we will wait until it gets closer. So after two weeks my Mom buys the tickets, but Is afraid of Chicago because she's never been to the part where sneakercon is. So she asks my father to take me because he knows more about Chicago …show more content…
I came with a pair of nike foamposites and some money. The whole ride to the building in Chicago, where sneakercon is taking place, i was wondering what the people there were going to look like and how old they will be. When we arrive, we see people walking down the street with boxes of shoes, we knew we were in the right area. When we park our car we have to walk to the building. We see a long line of people waiting to get into sneakercon. My dad hands me and my brother out tickets to get in so we can cut through the line because those people don't have their tickets …show more content…
There is tables full of shoes and so many people walking around. Near the roof there are these HUGE balloons that say sneakercon all over them,I stare for a couple seconds before i'm almost knocked over by all the people.Most of the people in there are grown men! Then I see all the shoes on the table as I stop in awe. All these shoes that are worth so much and are so hard to find. My brother didn't seem too excited to see all the shoes, but it turns out I was amiss. As my dad, brother and I walk around, we see a pair of shoes that are worth 32,000 dollars! As we pass a table I start naming off every shoe I know, and my brother gets mad at me because he already knows.I try to hold back a grin and I start to bounce up and down as I see more and more shoes. But I still felt exhilarated that I could name all the shoes on the table.Through all of sneakercon I was so loquacious, my Father and my Brother were probably annoyed.As i'm walking around I see people looking at my shoes, but no one has tried to buy them. I don't lose hope though I ask some of the people who own booths if they are willing to buy or trade for my shoes. Some say yes, but I decide to keep what I have rather than get money to just buy another pair of shoes. As we walk around I see a pair of shoes my brother has been wanting for a while and they are for a really good price so I get them and wait until we