By Maria Hunstig
The sneaker business is flourishing - and so are related trade shows and collecting platforms. On occasion of our brand new Sneaker Issue, we picked out the ten best events worldwide.
- Sneaker Pimps (sneakerpimps.net)
started in Sydney, Australia back in 2002, now touring the US from Washington to Honolulu - Dunkxchange (dunkxchange.com)
one of the originals with US-based outposts from Philadelphia to San Francisco - Sneakerness (sneakerness.com)
the European institution with editions in Zurich, Amsterdam, Paris, Cologne & Warsaw - Sneaker Con (sneakercon.com)
quirky US show with outposts in Cleveland, Santa Clara & Chicago, among others - Crepe City (crepe-city.co.uk)
from London with love - Soleslam (facebook.com/SoleslamManila)
in Manila, doing sneaker trade the Filipino way - Sneakers Event (sneakersevent.com)
after eight successful editions in Paris, the insider event is debuting in Amsterdam this spring - Sneaker Summit (facebook.com/sneakersummit)
bringing community sneaker events to the States & Canada since 2004 - SoleXChange (thesolexchange.com)
a series of events kicking off in New Jersey - Solefest (solefest.com)
touring various locations in Florida