Sneakers are so comfortable to wear.  It is hard to imagine them not existing a hundred years ago
That's a good point. When exactly were they invented?
I am not sure.  Sneakers have so many different names depending on where you are in the wolrd.
That is true. I wonder who the world leading producer of sneakers currently is.
I do not know as there are so many manufacturers.  They are all designed for sports or other sorts of exercise
That is true. I wonder who the world leading producer of sneakers currently is.
the decades. The term "sneakers" is most commonly used in the Northeastern United States, South Florida, North Carolina, parts of Canada and New Zealand. The British English equivalent of "sneaker" in its modern form is "trainer". In some urban areas in the United States, the slang for sneakers is kicks. Other terms include training shoes or trainers (Britain), sandshoes, gym boots or joggers (Geordie English in the UK and Australian English), running shoes, runners or gutties (Canada
an interview with the Smithsonian Institution, Motley explained his motives and the difficulty behind painting the different skin tones of African Americans:
They're not all the same color, they're not all black, they're not all, as they used to say years ago, high yellow, they're not all brown. I try to give each one of them character as individuals. And that's hard to do when you have so many figures to do, putting them all together and still have them have their characteristics.