James Whitner Reveals Unreleased A Ma Maniere Air Jordans
The Complex Sneakers Podcast
Complex
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2022
⏱️ 86 minutes
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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they’re joined by James Whitner of the Whitaker Group, the company behind sneaker stores A Ma Maniere and Social Status. Whitner brings along a never-before-seen Air Jordan 12 collaboration and talks about his stores’ rise, the realities of fighting bots, and how backdooring happens in the sneaker industry. Also, Joe and Welty practice yoga while Brendan recovers from a go-karting session
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everybody? It's Joel LaPuma. You were listening. You were watching the Complex |
| 0:05.0 | Steakers Podcast. As always, I'm joined by my co-host, my two friends. First off, Mr. |
| 0:09.6 | Matt Welty. It's a scorcher outside today. Yeah, very hot. That's why we all wore shorts |
| 0:14.0 | and to my left, Mr. Brendan Dunn. I do have shorts on. This is one of your three shorts |
| 0:19.4 | wears of the year. I usually allow myself five in a year. I didn't know that. I didn't |
| 0:23.2 | know that you only three to five times a year, but he pointed that out. Try and minimize |
| 0:27.4 | it. And especially, I feel like every time I come on here, you guys are wearing shorts. |
| 0:30.4 | So then I especially can't wear shorts because then we are all wearing shorts. What's wrong |
| 0:34.2 | with that? You know, it's just like when you step out with a couple of friends and you're |
| 0:37.1 | all, you all have the same tote bag and you all have the same general look of your outfit. |
| 0:40.7 | I don't think that shorts fall into that category. I can tell because you always come on |
| 0:44.5 | here wearing shorts. All right. It's summer. I'm not wearing pants. I thought we were |
| 0:48.6 | a unit. I thought we would I would love to wear the same tote. Well, here we are. I would |
| 0:52.4 | love to wear shorts together. We're all locked in. We're wearing shorts together right |
| 0:56.6 | now. Don't you worry what you're just staying for shorts. I just I feel like as a 33 year |
| 1:01.9 | old man, I don't know. I don't need to be out here. We're sure it's too often. It's |
| 1:05.7 | like 87 degrees in New York City right now. You're skipping one day. I don't know if I've |
| 1:14.3 | ever had a leg day. Okay. Me either still run the world to seek a world, at least. Wow. |
| 1:20.0 | You heard that. The devil's in the details. Did you hear that? Pay attention. He's quick. |
| 1:24.6 | I heard it. Listen, I feel like Joe, you've been skipping the work. That's a little bit |
| 1:29.1 | because you guys were in here doing yoga on the floor yesterday in the office. Well, I wish |
| 1:33.2 | I took some photos, but out of respect for my co-workers. I did not, but Matt Welty and |
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