After a couple decades of being primed by the geniuses at Wieden+Kennedy (Nike’s advertising agency of choice for years and years), it was quite a shock to stumble upon these shitty L.A. Gear commercials from the late 1980s and early 1990s and tumble back, back, back into a world in which your parents might have been every bit as into these ads as you were. You can almost hear mom saying, “Now, those sneakers would be nice, don’t you think? They’re fashionable….”
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Zsa-Zsa Gabor: Hi-Heel Sneakers
Miles Davis’s band members on Vans sneakers
Nick Cave and David Bowie hi-top All Stars sneakers