Skepta Quotes

Adidas shelltoes, I always loved them.

I have been wearing Air Max for so long, since I was seven playing around in the estate; I feel like I know my Air Max well.

My memories are of denim. I remember being 12 in my Levi's. Wow!

I grew up wearing PUMA, and our national team is sponsored by PUMA, so those were always in the store. We couldn't afford Nike or Jordan, so PUMA was our brand. If you were wearing PUMA, that's dope.

Brooklyn, when I was growing up, was awesome. It was stoopball and stickball - a lot of kids... the baby boom generation were all in the area. It was just a really great place.

It was in the '80s, so I guess big hair and high bangs. And I had so many gummy bracelets! While we were doing 'Full House,' we were like, 'You know, in 10 years, we're going to look back on this and think this is horrible.' But everyone looked like that!

I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.

I'm like a dude. Jordans are my favorite. I wear them all the time for shows. I can get girly-girly when I want to, but I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage, and we don't want that.

When I was a kid, I was trendier. I'd wear anything. I was in love beads and platforms.

I have this old worn-out, skintight T-shirt that I love. That's sexy.

You know, 65-year-olds love sneakers because they make them feel forty.

My first pair of Jordans, I wore them all the time. I would wear them to school; I always had them on.

Growing up in the '90s was the coolest thing to me.

When I was younger, all I wore was ill-fitting corduroys with large shirts and caterpillar shoes.

I love Air Force Ones. That's the shoe I grew up with in Philadelphia. My older brothers got me wearing them and I just stuck with them. Everyone in the neighborhood used to wear them. It's retro. It's tradition. That's me, old school.

Anytime someone is wearing Jordan, you have to respect!

I'm a fan of Adidas Originals. I love their Stan Smith collection.

As a kid, I always loved sneakers and style.

I could wear Jordan 1's every day with anything. So many different flavors.

I've always been dabbling in suits, but like a lot of people in the neighborhoods I grew up in, I had my snapback; I had my v-neck. I still got them in the closet. I got my J's, my Forces; it was standard.

Mostly, though, college was me trying to look cooler than I was. There were definitely some Carhartt jeans and backward kangol caps in my repertoire.

I don't think I'm a collector. I think every kid from where I'm from had a terrible passion for having to have fresh kicks.

Would I were in an alehouse in London.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

For me, being a rap fan and the nostalgia of me being a kid, rappers and guys on the street told me everything to wear. That was it. I didn't necessarily read too many fashion books. Then it got competitive in junior high school. It was moreso about, "You don't got these." Everybody could be fresh, but you don't got these.