Sneakers

Sneakers go back a long way to the late 18th century. In the earlier days they were worn mostly to play sports. But in the 1950s, kids began wearing them as fashion statements. Even more teens followed the fad after seeing James Dean in sneakers in the popular movie Rebel Without a Cause. Today sneakers is huge in different sub cultures as hip hop, skateboarding etc. (They got the nickname sneakers because they were so quiet, a person wearing them could sneak up on someone.)