So, everyone and their dog started talking about Nike Cortez being “vogue.” You see it everywhere, right? And I thought, okay, let me check this out. What’s the big deal? I figured I’d just grab a pair. Simple. Or so I thought.
First, the hunt began. I went online, naturally. And boom! So many Cortez. Which one was the vogue one? Was it the classic white with the red swoosh? Or that new collaboration I vaguely heard about? Maybe some super specific vintage find people were whispering about? The articles and posts were all over the place. One blog says this, another influencer says that. Honestly, it felt like they just wanted you to buy any Cortez and call it vogue. Total chaos.
- I typed “Vogue Nike Cortez” into the search bar – a million results, mostly just noise.
- I scrolled through fashion blogs – they all showed different people wearing them in wildly different ways. Some looked sharp, others just looked like they threw on a pair of old shoes.
- I peeked at influencer posts – half of them looked like they were just paid to say whatever, holding the shoe like it was a sacred relic.
I even dragged myself to a couple of actual stores, thinking maybe I’d get a straight answer. The sales assistants, bless their hearts, just kind of waved vaguely towards the general Cortez section. “They’re all pretty popular right now,” one kid told me, probably just wanting to get back to his phone. Yeah, helpful. Not really. It really felt like I was chasing some kind of myth. This “vogue” Cortez, it seemed more like a marketing gimmick than an actual, specific shoe you could just pick up.
Then it hit me why I even bothered looking in the first place. It’s a bit of a daft story, actually. I was at my nephew’s birthday party a while back. You know the scene – bouncy castle, kids screaming, cake everywhere. Super casual. And my old faithful sneakers, the ones I’d had for years, just decided to completely fall apart on me. Sole flapping open, the whole embarrassing show. My sister-in-law, who’s always got to be up on every single trend, leans over and says, “Oh, you should get some Nike Cortez. They’re really comfy, and they’re totally vogue at the moment.”
At the time, I just shrugged it off. Sure, I needed new shoes, but “vogue”? I’m usually the guy who buys shoes based on whether they’ll last through a muddy dog walk, not whether they’re on some fashion list. But her comment kind of stuck in my head. So, when my old ones finally bit the dust for good, I thought, “Alright, let’s see about these so-called vogue Cortez.” I wasn’t trying to become a style guru overnight, just figured if I’m getting new kicks, might as well get something that doesn’t make people raise an eyebrow for the wrong reasons.
This whole “vogue Nike Cortez” circus, though. It’s a perfect example of how hype works, isn’t it? They take a perfectly fine, classic shoe, something that’s been around for ages, then some magazine or a bunch of influencers decide it’s “in,” and suddenly everyone’s scrambling for it like it’s the last shoe on earth. It’s like they just invent these things to keep us all busy and spending money. I just wanted a decent, comfortable pair of sneakers, man. Not a bloody research project.
In the end, you know what I did? I just bought a pair of plain white ones with the blue swoosh. Are they the official “vogue” approved ones? Honestly, who knows. And at this point, who really cares? They fit, they’re comfortable, and they didn’t cost a fortune. That’s my kind of vogue. The whole chase was just a bit ridiculous. Sometimes I think these fashion people are just having a laugh at our expense. Anyway, I got my shoes. Job done.
