Janet Jackson Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

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hey what's up man I'd love to get these

for my lady oh nice That's the Way Love

Goes and I was wondering if you had

these in the size 6 and A2 these right

here yeah you can wear these anytime and

any place excuse me yo I need the black

cats like right

now watch your step excuse me can uh I

have some help please yes I was looking

for something I don't know maybe a high

tuck kind of these are all for you oh

honey very cute but I I know what you're

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doing what's up everybody it's Cham

complex we're in New York City at

Stadium Goods with the Grammy

award-winning Emmy award-winning Rock

and Roll Hall of Famer Janet Jackson how

you doing I'm well thank you and you

doing great good going to do some

sneaker shopping today going to see what

she's feeling what she's not and then

hopefully she's going to buy some

sneakers for sure let's

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go jet I want to take it all the way

back do you remember what you wore in

the pleasure principal video yeah the

wrestling shoes Adidas wrestling shoes

so were those good for function and what

was that choice like I loved it it I

loveed the look of it the style and

wearing those out which I would from

time to time just with my jeans it was

they're very easy to dance in okay felt

like I had control of the grip of the

floor I could feel gripping with my toes

so that that I love yeah yeah as opposed

to like wearing a platform I wouldn't

want to dance and or heal which I

sometimes do I like dancing in sneakers

and back then was it tough to find a

dancing shoe you know now we have so

many different iterations but like was

it tough to find a good function dancing

shoe that's why like the wrestling shoes

came into play well well to find a

dancing well the sneakers were for looks

and then were all also for for training

for working out so it was really about

something that I liked the look of it

and I would wind up wearing that for a

rehearsal totally and it it was

important for it to have a strong toe

toe box yeah yeah for sure and not the

soft because when you dance a lot of

times you have to roll up onto the tip

of your toe and if not that can either

hurt your foot or I would break it past

the point of my skin a lot

yeah important for me to have it so many

like iconic fits but this with the Nike

Cortez I loved those yeah love I was

about 16 Nike Cortez classic shoes that

was it for me do you remember like when

those lowprofile Nike started coming

into play you you know it's about

comfort for me that's what made me fall

in love with them for sure is it still

is about comfort for me now but

definitely with all the Dancing Yeah

dancing was the big Focus mhm

in all the years were you ever offered a

sneaker deal did you ever have that

conversation do you no really no no

brand ever approached you no as much as

I I wore and still wear sneakers no

interesting we're in the store

surrounded by Jordans he was a big fan

there's a story that I found where uh

Kyle Bran who has a football show this

is a deep cut was trying to meet Michael

Jordan he was a kid and he was like I

was waiting outside the the Bulls United

Center and like all the players were

coming through and then I was like I'm

not going to meet him and then all of a

sudden a Ferrari pulled up blasting

Rhythm Nation and it was met and it was

Michael Jordan what was it like coming

up and he was a big fan like do you have

any MJ stories uh yeah I do but I'm not

going to sh but like he was a big fan

like a big cosign yeah he he uh yeah

okay okay but like is it crazy to see

yeah I think he's he's a wonderful guy

very nice guy obviously an icon yes

still going strong I think it's

incredible I think it's incredible and

then another thing you know we're at

this station I heard that you get

Jordans I heard that you get Jordans

sometimes what do we the Dior rare

Jordans what happened with these these

were given to me okay and great shoes

amazing rare I I yes very rare and I I

wore them and there are times when it's

it's a little too high top is so it cuts

strongly into my ankle right right yeah

which is that was the case with these

you're really going to make me say this

so I wound up giving them away wow what

a friend oh my you just gave the Dior

Jordan Ones away I I wore them once it

was just too much but they're beautiful

I love I loved them yeah and I always

ask this cuz I'm always fascinated do

you remember like the last time you were

in like a shopping mall for sne

how how many years must decades

right 30 I can't even honestly I can't

even remember wow okay do you like

coming to stores like this and just

seeing how big this culture got I

absolutely love it this is like a a

sneaker Heaven yes sneaker Haven um it's

it's great and it's nice to be able to

shop like this when there's nobody else

kind of around so you can really have a

good look and no one's kind of wondering

if it's you or staring at you or take a

picture of you it's great it makes it's

so much easier MH yeah I've got my eye

on a few things I'm looking at I want to

ask I'm not sure if you're going to

remember do you remember Michael and

Michael doing the epic video do you

remember that was that like a big thing

in the family like two icons obviously I

loved it I mean we never discussed it

but I thought it was so awesome yeah so

awesome I loved it yeah it's listen may

he rest in peace brother they're just

both brilliant both of them just so it's

it's nice that we have that memory hold

on to

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that another thing I got to ask the

auction there was a big auction and I

was looking online and there was so many

Janet Jackson sneakers that went to

auction one that stuck out we're talking

about platforms we're talking about the

cortezas what about these C oh my gosh

Come you wore those a lot like great

shoe you loved it it gave me the height

that I wanted when I was in that mood

and comfortable yes comfortable yeah

they sold for like $3,300 is that crazy

to see 3300 I guess I guess so yeah not

as much as the Terry Dior ones but I

love you for that you know 3,300 we're

getting up there and you've had so many

iconic fits throughout your career but

one moment that came up that I actually

like this morning I saw Northwest in the

Poetic Justice oh how cute did you ever

see this no I didn't yes so this was

like last year Kim and Kanye's daughter

Northwest and Kim just said Poetic

Justice what's it like to see like

generational fits that whether it was a

movie or a music video still stand up to

today that you had I you know I'm very

fortunate I'm very blessed and I can't

obviously take credit for all of that it

was you know everyone that was involved

and may He rest in peace John Singleton

but I think it's wonderful when you have

something that stands up and stands the

test of time and generation after

generation they're really into it and

still love it and watch it I people

comment a lot on on that film still to

this day definitely yeah so it's it's

nice to see that absolutely you love

like platform sneakers how were you

wearing them your whole career and what

was it about those types of sneakers

that like you really like not my whole

career I mean cuz platforms they've come

and gone but I it was once again I I I

it depends upon the style like I have on

my yes but I I love these cuz I always

like a little bit of a heel some some

height but yet Comfort another Comfort

shoe I know you've had a ton of these

Nike Shocks throughout the how that just

flew yeah I haven't missed once Nike

Shocks you want a lot I performed in

them before yeah once again it's that

comfort and I I know I keep saying that

but it really is it's important when

you're always on your feet and always

dancing and having to get foot massages

MH comfortable very comfortable Supreme

they did these yeah Supreme did a did a

special iteration yeah and breaking them

in that's the thing having to break them

in so you get that that Forest Arch

being able to get on and to break them

in so you just don't go immediately to

dance in them what's the process of

breaking new shoes in wearing them um

sometimes just taking them and bending

them and working them okay yeah a lot

they really get broken in and to be the

the way they fit on the foot as well not

having a lot of room but snug that's why

the as6 are so nice I think too and

coincidentally here we are you know A6

were like super running shoes which they

still are but now they're having like a

fashion moment I originally bought them

for training M and I was like you know

wait a second I could probably rehearse

in these which is so funny cuz I've

often said I'm going to do a tour where

we just wear sweats and sneakers that's

it cuz wearing the heels and all that

okay it's cute and all this but I I want

comfort so maybe we'll see one day a

full sneaker tour yeah that's that's

great let's speak to Gil about it my

creative director he used to dance with

me so he was a dancer at one point for a

very long time what could fans expect

from the tour not you know we talked

about the function but what can fans

expect from the tour no sneakers

unfortunately at least I always wind up

changing something in the show so it

might at the end of the tour might be

that it's the Together Again Tour but

it's the the base of that but it's

changed it's different set list is

different there might be a couple in New

songs that one's ever heard before songs

that I've never actually performed

before that have been on my albums in in

the uh show a little bit of the set is

different wardrobe is different okay

some more iconic fits in the mix yeah so

it's it's it's different from the last

one awesome well talked about everything

now is the easy part browse your shelves

see what you're going to take home

awesome let's do it okay

you see anything you like today actually

yes I'd like to try a little something

for my baby for my son sure for ISSA can

I can I see these sure we definitely

have those yeah I like that and as well

as maybe these those all right and and

this over here the Classic this one

right here no over yes please I think

You' like those we definitely have that

for you awesome and I can't reach for

here these one right here yeah perfect

yeah we definitely have your size

awesome all right what else you likes

Mrs Jackson can I I'm not really a a

pink person but let me try this cuz it's

like a Dusty Dusty Rose like a like a

rast pink almost yeah Dusty Rose kind of

and um I saw a pair of A6 kits that I

like mhm and I like those Rihanna the

ones that she did with my the fenes yeah

those are cool in Black we definitely

had that in your size we going to bring

them to the register okay thank you no

problem hi did we find everything okay

today yeah thank you okay so your total

is going to be $2,000 with

21 thank

you thank you

thank you

very very

much okay have a good one thank you so

much thank you so much than you for

stopping me thank you

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so the legendary Janet Jackson came

through thank you so much for taking the

time no thank you for having me really

appreciate it make sure you check out

the Together Again Tour a new

documentary coming stay tuned thanks

again thank you let me get these for you

okay I can help with something you sure

and I'm positive let me at least carry

two okay oh there we go

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