“Spotlighting more than 400 colorful
specimens from the sixties, seventies, and eighties, Garcia chronicles
the gym shoe’s rise to cultural prominence with all the obsessive
detail of a hip-hop era Carl Linnaeus…Its fierce, feisty individualism
makes Where’d You Get Those? a welcome addition to New York
cultural history.”
--Vogue
“The perfect primer on the sole of pop culture…a much-needed
compendium”
--Vanity Fair
“Garcia’s book is an anthropological trove, blending
autobiography, oral history, vintage ads, grainy shots of urban
glamour, and… loving description of individual sneakers.”
--The New Yorker
“The definitive book on the rise of sneaker fanaticism.”
--Paper magazine
“Lovingly explores the roots of retro sneakers.”
--The New York Times
“Where’d You Get Those?
is a must…This is sneaker anthropology; you could teach a
college course using it as a textbook.”
--The New York Post
“Where’d You Get Those?
is the definitive book on NYC basketball sneaker culture”
--Slam magazine
“Where’d You Get Those?
is the most intense meditation on sneakers to date…wonderful,
detailed, and complete.”
--Mass Appeal
“A rhapsodic, comprehensive chronicle.”
--Time Out New York, Fall fashion issue
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