story

Silvia Vinci
@slvnc
Stylist
Milan, Italy 
"My passion for sneakers didn't start at a specific time in my life, but it was more a realization that it had become a passion over time."

"I realized I had this true passion with a pair of Air Max 93. I randomly saw them and then found them after searching for them on the internet. From that moment on, I realized that this was becoming a passion."

"This is an Air Max 97 'Silver' from 2012. 97 is my favorite because I’m particularly attached to it. My sister had them, and when I was little she only had these shoes. She kept them as if they were gold. I wanted them because I liked seeing them on her."

"These are the Air Max 1 Atmos 'Tiger Camo x Snakeskin'. They were given to me by a person I love very much. When he gave them to me, he sent them to a friend's house so I wouldn’t see them."

"At that moment he was shipping sneakers to Australia and accidentally sent my pair to a guy in Australia. Luckily he didn't care and he knew the value of this shoe. He very kindly sent it back so I managed to get it."

"This is the Air Max 93 'Grape', exclusive coloring for size released in 2013. The Air Max 93 is a Nike model that I have always liked, and I especially like this one for the combination of colors."

"This one is special, but not for a particular reason. Simply for the fact that I wanted it and when I could buy it, I simply opened the computer and bought it."

"Air Max BW 'Persian Violet' OG coloring from 2015. These shoes are also related to my childhood. When I was little I had a pair of red leather BWs that I was madly in love with. I made a checkerboard on the fluorescent yellow and white laces… so trashy."

"My brother had them and, I also wanted a pair of shoes like his."

"I am tied to these shoes because they are part of a time in my life when I was attracted to the Gabber subculture and this shoe represented that subculture to the max."

"I'm Silvia Vinci and this is What I Got."

What You Got

57 – Silvia V.