Asian American Fashion; Bay Area DXC

Well since the fashion challenge is coming up, I wanted to blog about Asian American fashion which I find most prevalent in the bay area. This may not apply to all Asian in the bay area, but me personally being interested in sneakers I notice it a lot more. So first, take a look at this video of a bay area "Dunk Exchange", an event in which people from a local area come to sell shoes, trade shoes, buy shoes and being surrounded by shoes. Watch the video and tell me if you noticed anything in particular.

While i'm not going to say that ALL the people there were Asian American, and i'm not going to say that there aren't just a large amount of Asian Americans in the bay area in general, a majority of the people (if you noticed) were Asian. I find this interesting and I want to take a deeper look into this. It turns out there many Asian Americans are interested in purchasing nice things, and for some it may be designer brands and expensive accessories, for many Asian Americans in the bay area it's sneakers. If you are thinking to yourself at this point "That's a mighty big assumption" then just take a look at places where Asian Americans are typically occupying and then take a look down at their feet. For example, walk around Serramonte Mall in Daly City (A mall filled with Asian Americans) and just take a look at every Asian you see, then take a look at their shoes. Probably about 75% of the time they'll be wearing either Jordans, Nikes, Vans, or anything in hot fashion today. But you ask yourself "Why is this like this" and I see it as Asians wanting to not only be fashionable but also "Cool". Ever since I grew up, I was raised around Filipinos (I grew up in Union City) and I've noticed that many Asian families are in some sense well off or just extremely hard workers. And I've also noticed that with the income that Asian parents make, they're always willing to share the wealth and dress up their children. I feel as if there is a direct correlation between Asian American parents working hard/maintaining a steady income and the up rise of Asian Americans buying Sneakers. I also believe that there is a culture uniform that many Asians conform to. I feel as though Asians (especially in the bay area) are mass consumers of sneakers and now everyone else who isn't Asian American can understand why.

Perhaps people in this generation also have an inspiration;



I know i'm inspired HAHA.



Anyways,

Peace Out!

-Vincent Santiago