With hyped events and ever more ways to score exclusive drops, the little red dot is fast solidifying its status as the sneaker capital of the region.
s shores in recent times. Currently ongoing at the ArtScience Museum is Sneakertopia: Step into Street Culture, which runs till Jul 30. It features over 100 limited edition sneakers as well as street culture themed murals, installations and original artworks by renowned creatives including Michael Murphy and Mimi Yoon. Previous iterations of the exhibition have been held in New York and Los Angeles.
Singapore too is no slouch in generating its own sneaker hype. Last year, homegrown event Culture Cartel returned after a COVID-19 induced hiatus and saw a better than anticipated turnout of 16,000 over the course of the four-day event, said Douglas Khee, co-founder of Culture Cartel and creative director of events company Division Communications.
Regardless, this practice of regarding sneakers as “alternative investments” is likely to be here to stay, Chopra added. “The trend of new collectors holding on to sneakers more as a short term transactional asset rather than collecting for sentimental value or love of the design continues to be strong.”
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