Over time, his curiosity grew to include totally different producers and his assortment now stands at spherical 300 pairs. “I liked accumulating Air Power 1s as a result of regardless that they have been made for basketball, they give the impression of being nice off courtroom as properly. Plus, seeing rappers like Dr Dre and Nelly rock Air Forces made them my go-to shoe. As I grew older, I began shopping for completely different manufacturers corresponding to New Steadiness and Converse.”
As Tan acquired further involved in sneaker custom, distinctive and unusual pairs turned the draw. The avid collector’s enthusiasm has rubbed off on his family and his dad now has a highly effective assortment too.
His passion for sneakers impressed him to organise an annual gathering of sneakerheads often known as Sole Superior with enterprise affiliate, Jonathan Fong. The annual event has been held since 2013 nonetheless took a hiatus via the pandemic. “(It is) a sneaker gathering for sneaker nerds like me so we come collectively we communicate we focus on. we grasp round and we retailer and even commerce sneakers multi useful location yearly yearly,” said Tan.