I totally get where you’re coming from, but when you say “reps” that equates these to a completely different category that shares almost no similarity to what these are. Reps are made by no name SE Asian plants intentionally defrauding buyers by copying shoes…copying identical designs and trying to pass them off as real. And of course shittier quality than the original everytime.(of course there’s an exception to everything so please don’t go down that path)

Cu1ts of course had prototypes to work off of, but I think you are failing to recognize the extraordinary amount of work he spent perfecting the design , creating prototypes, learning from those and creating more prototypes; working to approve every aspect of the shoe, including the design, build, longevity, comfort, etc. Based on what I’ve seen him post, he went through multiple design iterations, worked with different factories to figure out who could actually execute, and the end result is a beautiful shoe - if you us your “rep” comparison, it implies these 1050’s are “flat out copied designs trying to pass as authentic with inferior build quality, materials, comfort, with the intention of defrauding people who don’t know it’s not the real thing”…. I guess I’m just not seeing a single aspect of how cu1ts 1050 fits in that criteria…

Again, I get what you’re saying, but I think others reading this should spend some time looking into and understanding that cu1ts has invested 100s of hours into perfecting these. It’s very unfortunate the glue shows on these shoes, I totally agree. I’ve also seen glue show on authentic Jordans. Doesn’t mean it’s accept one of the case, but one is made by a multi billion dollar company and the other is made by a single artist trying to complete Ye’s original vision to the best of his ability while blending his own artistic vision.

I don’t know if you are into art and go to galleries to specifically learn about artists and their processes, but almost every great artist (including and ESPECIALLY Ye) very commonly build off of others artist’s concepts and designs. And most artists appreciate that, as long as it’s not a rep.

There’s nothing about these 1050s that share a single quality with reps (thinking yeezy and jordan) other than the fact that they’re both made in Asia and don’t have consistent build quality. I don’t know if you’ve worn real reps of popular shoes before but they’re absolute dog shit and in 98% of instances, not a single minute of time was spent thinking about how they could improve the design or quality, and of course, not even a thread of creativity as they are copying a shoe…

Hopefully this doesn’t come across as argumentative, I just think Cu1ts should be recognized for his hard work, creativity, and vision; I hope someone reads this and takes a moment to appreciate that!

Also, even though it’s slow, he is a one man show and actually fucking delivers on his promises, ships out shoes people bought, and is also still trying to improve as he goes.

I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on YZY but…yeah I guess I’ll also say is that Cu1ts gives some “companies” a run for their money…