The year was 1999. Little did anyone know, it would be the year that the retro shoe scene would blow the %$#@ up. Sought after today, the 1999 Columbia blue IV’s were largely ignored and HEAVILY discounted when they released. No “Nike Air”, no plastic netting, plastic straps substituted for leather; people didn’t really know what to make of them. Take a trip down to 1999 below with two pics via two OG’s to the internet shoe game, shoetrends.com & SLAM.
