Kentucky's Disruptive Denim Shorts are Coming Back
Kentucky's basketball history is defined by big stars and blue branding. Now, their legendary denim shorts from 1996 are coming back.
Denim Shorts Reboot
- Thread starter Smashcat
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Damn, why wasn’t this posted earlier in the week? I have their 78 and 88 shorts and they’re great.
Sold out fast.
This morning,
@19nine_threads
released the retro rendition of Kentucky’s acclaimed “Denim” basketball shorts from the '96 National Championship season. They sold out in 20 minutes.
This morning,
@19nine_threads
released the retro rendition of Kentucky’s acclaimed “Denim” basketball shorts from the '96 National Championship season. They sold out in 20 minutes.
that sucks.... i need a pair of these to go with my Walter McCarty jersey
If the AD wasn’t a complete buffoon, he’d ask Nike (who owns converse now) to do a limited release of the real jerseys AND the Kentucky Blue Cons shoes. Easy money there to be made.
You’d think. However, I remember playing hours and hours in denim cutoffs in pick up games. Was never that bad. Assholes grabbing your back pockets on defense sucked though.
They do sell out way too quickly. Lord knows when they’ll be back. Missing the 94-95 cat scratchers from my collection. C’mon 19Nine only Kentucky matters.
Damn I would love to get a pair of those. Also really loved the 96-97 unis and the denim converse shoes.
I'd take denim over black alternates, easily.
100%. Insane this hasn’t happened yet.
Honestly I’d love to see Nike make us their “Converse school” since we have the history and tradition of flopping back and forth and now Nike owns it. You still put the Nike swoosh on one side and the Converse logo on the other. Then you run the throwback converse jerseys as alternates onstead if the black or greys
I’d buy the shoes tomorrow, I had a pair in 6th grade. Definitely want another pair.
That would be cool. I’d still love to have modern alternate jerseys but we play so many neutral site games that we could do any number of special Jersey games.
I think we are the same age then. My grandmother in Hopkinsville bought me a pair for my 12th birthday and made sure to let me know how outrageous it was to pay $60 for shoes.
I won't pay more than $60 for everyday shoes these days. I will go big for running/training shoes though. And those just eventually retire to my everyday shoes once they have lived their active life. My feet have been spoiled lately and are carried on the wings of angels in my Hokas. Talk about money well spent! Hokas or Brooks are the only legit active/running shoes I will put on my feet.
Today was jersey day for spirit week at my daughters school. What did she wear? My vintage 1996 denim Walter McCarty jersey. I gave her strict instructions not to get food or ink on it. 🤣
I've got two original pairs of the shoes. One in box. Never even wore them.
Our AD is a tool on most things. He’s totally humped the cactus when it comes to branding. The new logo, the uniforms, checkers, the football team looking like a clown show, staple remover, no good looking retro things for fans to buy, nothing. Just choppy garbage and then allows the football stadium to be named Kroger for a couple million dollars.
We need a new AD bad that cares more.
I’ve got an original Mercer jersey with brand new shoes, both with original Pitino tags. Some of my favorite pieces.
We all grew up around the same time. And if you notice we all have a similar outlook on UK, the program, and even Calipari to an extent.
We were Pitino soldiers. Overlap of Rupp soldiers (parents and grandparents) and Pitino’s Army.
I really hate the new wave they suck ass bad. I love cow shirts with purple hair that clashes with their favorite checkerboard shirt. What have we done.
Welp there goes $122 down the drain. Only pair I don’t have is the 1994-1995 Cat Scratchers. If I see one of y’all wearing a pair in public, you’re gettin’ robbed. Screw Jordan’s, y’all gettin mugged for UK shorts.
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