re: The strangest fad I’ve seen to date. I feel like my childhood is under attack.

When I got to junior high, in 1972, Levi's jeans were the first thing I ever asked my mom to buy by brand. Grew up wearing Wranglers and a lot of TownCraft and PennPress tags in shirts, pants, PJ's, and underwear. You'd have thought we had JC Penny stock.

Growing up a hardcore member of Jockdom, I wore a shoes, tees, and warm-up suits adorned with Puma, Converse, Adidas, and eventually Nike.

Ran the mile & two mile in high school. Got into running for fun in college. I wanted some Reebok running shoes when you had to order them from England from an ad in Runner's World. I wore lots of Brooks shoes in the 80's.

Now I'm 62, and wear nothing but New Balance. Even have some of their Dunham boots.