Gucci wrote:Yeah that’s the story.
I’m sure the other two NYCers can back me up here: during the 90s and 00s, the hottest items that were robbed off a person were North Face jackets, Timberland boots, and Jordan’s. I mean those were easily top three.
Then it transitioned to earlier iPhones and those large Beats headphones. They would wait by the subway doors and right before closing at a stop, they’d swipe your headphone from your head and you’d have no way of giving chase.
Nowadays, I don’t even know what’s popular, outside of a wallet. I can’t think of something so popular that people would be targeted for theft.
Yeah, North Face jackets and Jordans were definitely hot items throughout the 90s and early 2000s. I would also include Polo Ralph Lauren clothing during that era. Those brands were highly coveted at that time, and people were getting their stuff taken. There was a large culture of boosting from department stores and taking garments from people, if they were perceived as weak or just alone. There were a few areas labeled as no go's if you wanted to keep your belongings.
As Gucci mentioned, I think the popular items now are mostly new Apple products and I'd throw in Supreme, due to the value. There were a few years in the early 2010s where the Marmot Biggie jackets were coveted, which lead to a shooting at a holiday ice skating rink in Bryant Park in midtown. Shortly after that, I believe Marmot stopped producing the jacket.
Here's a link to the Marmot story: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa- ... 2R20131111
I'm glad that the stick up culture is not as prevalent, because in the 90s you had to be ready to defend yourself if you wanted to dress in fashionable items.
Months ago I preordered the physical version of the then-forthcoming Binding of Isaac: Repentance for the Switch and just recently found out that despite the fact that the digital version hits tomorrow, I wouldn't get my physical copy until some unknown date in 2022!
Thankfully all I had to do was send an email to Hypergun's customer support and my order is cancelled and my money refunded.
The refund's gonna take just under a week.
