Cheap Posing as Premium - Cutting $425 Common Projects In Half

Common Projects Achilles Low White Sneaker Review - The Common Projects shoes are allegedly the highest quality sneakers in the world, so I bought a pair to cut in half to review the leather quality, see how it's built, and to see what's inside the Achilles Common Projects.

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[giacomo]

This guy is single handedly slaying all the most famous shoe makers

[rjjax]

You can almost hear them screaming all the way from Italy....This is the kind of transparency the luxury market deserves.

[frth]

Man, thank you for this video.
I own 2 pairs of those sneakers in black.
One achilles low just like in the video, and the other achilles high-tops.
I bought the first pair in the early 2010s. I really loved the quality of it. I wore them for 3 years almost every single day. The upper part was in good shape but the soles needed resoling. Long story short I did resole them, didn’t like the result, because it made them even heavier than they used to be, and so I stopped wearing them.
In 2018 I saw a good deal on achilles high-tops, so I bought them as well. I did not spot it right from the box, but after a few months of wear, I've noticed that the leather wasn't as rugged and resilient to harsh weather conditions as my first pair used to be. And after a year of day-to-day wear leather even got little cracks.
Today I saw your video. After I finished watching it I took both pairs and compared the thickness of the leather on the upper part. I do not have the tools that you have, but even by touch, feel and look I can tell that the older pair is much thicker, sturdier and has more quality to it and the younger pair looks like the one in your video.
From that I can conclude that the brand decided to cut some corners after getting some recognition, which is very sad because the initial idea of luxury minimal sneaker and the product itself was great.
If you like I can send the older pair to you so you can review it for everyone to see the initial quality of the brand.

[connorwilson]

Honestly, so glad you’re doing this. You’re on the side of the consumer, and for that, we thank you.

[bestknownunknown]

This guy took the fur off his cat to see what was underneath.

[madebyreuben]

You should do a whole series on these 'premium' minimalist sneakers and then say which one you think is the best value for money

[rafatopolski]

Never thought I'd hear 'it smells like burned flesh' and 'it's a good sign' in one sentence on Youtube.

[Jackhatfieldfreediver]

"cheap posing as premium" sums up majority of brands these days.

[Czechbound]

Although these items say "Made in Italy", the EU rules are such that products only need to finished in, in this case, Italy, to qualify as "Made in Italy". The majority of Dior ladies shoes are made in rural Romania in a factory Dior has there. They are taken to almost completion, then shipped to France for finishing, and marked "Made in France". When challenged, Dior was upfront about the process, said the technical skills in Romania were 2nd to none for cobbling, and that they were operating within the EU rules. I'm not sure the ladies who lunch would pay $2000 for Dior shoes if they saw "Made in Romania" on them.

[knguros]

People got scammed, again, by publicity, youtubers and influencers, damn! This is so straight forward that I love it! You should keep going with minimal sneakers man, there are tons in the market, Koio, Oliver Cabell, Greats, Crown Northampton (I do feel CN do great shoes tho) and some others. Thanks for this again.

[SarahConLeche]

Have you thought of dissecting women’s shoes? I have a bunch of luxury brand shoes I’d donate

[keighlancoe]

I used to work for Superdry. There was a leather jacket that cost like £2 to manufacture, they sold it for £600. David Beckham was seen wearing it, so they decided to ratchet the price up to £2000. Most of their clothes are manufactured in Turkey very cheap and sold for ridiculous profit. The quality is no better or worse than a much cheaper brand.

[terrencemooney]

Cut in a pair of Koio sneakers. They brag about being extremely high-quality leather made in Italy. Want to find out the truth.

[thenewman]

Toaster always wants to see what you're doing.

[LeftIntentionallyBlank]

“It smells like burning flesh”
Me: *nervous laughter*

[Natalia-hfet]

This is the content that I didn't know I needed. Seeing you rip apart that sneaker was further proof-positive that companies overcharge for items where the craftsmanship is not worth it. Its sad but I'm glad that you've exposed it.

[SaG]

"it smells like burning flesh"
Always be wary of a man who knows what burning flesh smells like and who owns a flailing knife that would fill Ramsey Bolton with jealousy... ;)

[dh]

this vid saved a few hundred bucks for me, just like that

[skatefreak]

I'd be interested to see Golden Goose go through this

[cgyj]

First time viewer very impressed THIS is the type of content we need i am tired of seeing expensive shoes with crazy prices that aren’t even worth the price