Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Leaders. Bust or Dope?

Now there are some people that say that the store Leaders that specializes in clothes that are totally unlike clothes that you would find in a mall. For example they have brands like Rock Smith, Fashion Geek, BBC(Ice Cream),Crooks and Castles, and they also have their own line of Leaders tees. Now when the store fist opened a select few knew about the store, but once the years rolled on the store got great response the owner opened a second location in Wicker Park. The store has been in Bronzeville for about 6 years and more and more people are hearing about Leaders. I myself shop at Leaders and have been for about 2 years now and I believe that the store is dope and will continue to be dope for years to come. But me alone wont keep Leaders customers happy. I say this because some long time shoppers or shoppers for a few years are starting to say that Leaders isn't what it is from when it started. I believe the reason why people are saying this is because like I said more and more people are shopping at leaders causing long term shoppers to get kind of upset, because one of the reasons why most people go to Leaders to shop is because they want to be different and not look like every other person in Chicago with the Coogi or Akademiks fit.

So with all this said I would like to know if you shop at Leaders and have been for a while or if your a new shopper, or whatever your story is let me know how you feel about the shopping at the store Leaders and also how do you think or will be in the next few years to come as more and more people get "put on" Leaders. Leave your comments and let me know how you feel about Leadres and tell me what you is the best boutique in Chicago.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

THIS IS SO TRUE. Boys who used to wear girbaud & other name brands are wearin skinny jeans now. (mainly true religion and levis). Leaders, juggrnaut chi, heritage, and other spots are oveerated! Geeeez! Oh and the word swagg needs to DIE!!!!
:)

OFISHUS said...

yea I know thats its getting to known. like to many people know about it.

and swag is dead OFISHUS is alive.

Anonymous said...

yea Ofishus is "officially" the new swagg.. but yea leaders is becomin 2 known... i remember people used 2 talk about u and yo brother 4 the skinny jeans now yall got old men wearin them shits... but leaders is becoming the modern freshwear.. eventually that fad will be dead 2.. i think its time for sumthin new that will put the world on its toes.. u think?

Anonymous said...

all it is is dat da chi is turning into LA niggas wanna were vans an supras an circas dc all dat shit now but to be honest i was wereing vans in 06 wen i got outta high school da reason being i went to cali like man dis shit is wats up since then it been zummies for me an vans .com and pacsun an fuckin and pink dolphin an all dat type of shit i mean its all basicaly sk8 gear an it aint all jus bout true religion an levis u got buffulo jean 7 jeans lucky brand jeans vigos jeans charle charlote jeans a lota stuff but hey swagg aint shit man fa real da reason y most niggas were da shit is cuz dey see wayne wereing dat shit an dats were he got it from sk8 shit and LA fashions.

Anonymous said...

i think that leaders brought fashion sense to the south side, and the owner wants a conscience customer. Notice when you go into the store he does not beg you buy something. He wants you to buy it on your own. Freshware was created by someone who just wants to sell you clothes and not put a message in your head. So to compare Leaders to that is just crazy. Even though alot of people are starting to wear Leaders clothes does not mean that its getting over rated. It just means that more people are being more conscience about fashion

Unknown said...

I thought Leaders was a pretty good store the only thing is that I wish they had more than just skate shoes at the South Side Location. But my uncle got into with the owner and i hear the owner tryna put him out of business (dont kno how)so i dont shop there anymore.

I think the best skate shop in Chicago is Uprise

As for regular shoes, St. Alfred

For clothes, Juggarnaut