Trinidad James Breaks Down Designing His Own Sneaker

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. In this episode, they are joined by Trinidad James, a member of the Complex family and Full Size Run co-host. Trinidad talks about his Hommewrk brand and landmark first sneaker collaboration with Saucony, explaining exactly how the shoes happened and reliving the moment he sold out of them at ComplexCon. Also, the co-hosts discuss Joe's squandered rollerblading career and reflect on the impact Virgil Abloh had in sneakers.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody it's Joel LaPuma you were listening you were watching the
0:05.2	Complex Sneakers podcast as always I am joined by my two friends to my right
0:09.2	Mr. Matt Welty made it some traffic troubles can't take a train anymore but
0:15.5	he's here like that little bee to sweat from your forehead here or we're
0:20.3	settled of course he was here on time back from the holiday baby yes I was
0:24.6	you guys just Thanksgiving low key very chill long Island long Island did you watch
0:29.7	how Tsuguchi I didn't watch how Tsuguchi what I didn't are you offended by
0:35.4	the stereotypes maybe that it involves or I miss this whole thing so you you
0:41.2	don't think it'll go see it it's an important movie I feel like for Italian
0:45.0	Americans I watched the DMX documentary you're not interested in how Tsuguchi
0:49.3	wealthy I I know I haven't seen I haven't seen no I don't I don't watch Netflix
0:54.3	sort of but it's not Netflix I don't know what it is it's a movie okay I don't
0:59.0	watch those you know what what you said you don't watch those things you don't
1:01.7	watch movies I really don't what I did watch was Kevin Hart and Rosalie
1:05.6	Snipes and true story I highly recommend it I use already said you're not
1:09.4	gonna watch he doesn't watch movies okay but I binge that on Saturday really
1:14.3	good I recommend it damn I thought I was gonna strike a chord with you on House of
1:17.7	Gucci you had that in your back accents accents wait I saw some things like
1:22.1	did Gucci say like we're offended by this yeah the whole Gucci family is not
1:25.6	rocking with it at all you know who was offended premium peat well premium
1:29.2	peat didn't like the movie no premium peat was offended by the situation
1:32.7	okay so sorry the situation the situation meaning Mike the situation who was
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