The Sneaker Collaboration Is Dead, Long Live the Sneaker Collaboration

It's probably HYPEBEAST's fault and I know that I've definitely contributed to this mess. The shoe collaboration has just become a beige, bland business model -- a mass of Xs. Who can keep up with the onslaught of dual and triple branded footwear out there? At least twice a week there are multiple drops of limited edition reworkings. I'd like to see an amnesty, where everyone hands over their Illustrator files for a year or so and we can see whether anyone actually gives a shit about the shoes t...