Shoes are a necessity as well as a huge part of fashion. When it comes to BCA, there’s many types of shoes, from comfy UGGs to fashionable sneakers. BCA students have different types of shoes for different sports and activities, and other footwear that they wear to school. Some have collections, while some wear the same shoes every day. Let’s explore these different trends and find out the most and least popular shoes at BCA.
The Academy Chronicle put out a survey and found out that Nike is the most popular shoe brand among BCA students with 23.4% of students frequently wearing them. This is followed by UGGs (17.2%), and at the bottom is Birkenstock (0.7%).
Within these brands, 32.1% of surveyed students specifically wear UGG boots, followed by high top Converse (26.8%) and Air Force 1s (25%). At the bottom of specific types of shoes were Yeezy Slides (3.6%). Sneakers (Nike, Adidas, Converse) were more popular overall than UGG boots and slides.
57.1% of students pay attention to the shoes worn at our school. Moving towards the amount of shoes people own, the majority of students own 3-4 pairs of shoes (39.3%) and the minority own 1-2 (7.1%). In the middle, 30.4% own 7-8 pairs, and 23.2% own 5-6.
Many students own shoes for different sports and activities. Students own soccer cleats, baseball cleats, bowling shoes, ice skates, volleyball shoes, running shoes, tennis shoes, and more. Others own dress shoes, jazz shoes, or heels for events and performing.
Nisha Evangelista, a freshman in AMST, enjoys wearing UGGS and also Air Forces. “I really like my UGGs. They’re super comfy and easy to put on wherever I’m going. But I also really like my Air Forces because they go well with anything.”
She also mentioned that New Balances are the best shoes. “They’re really high quality and comfy and not to mention there’s a lot of variety when it comes to style.”
Nisha’s taste in footwear is broad, but BCA students all have unique styles and opinions. After all, there are countless brands and countless types of shoes that students own and wear. How do student’s tastes differ?
“I like my Dunks because they’re cute and easy for sports and gym class. However, I can throw on my crocs slides any time and they’re super comfortable and easy to wear,” said Lia Almagor, a freshman in AVPA-M. Lia also enjoys wearing multiple types of shoes for comfort and for style.
However, unlike lots of BCA students, Lia isn’t particularly fond of UGGs. “I don’t love the feeling of UGGs, though.” She took an opposing view. “Style is never a big factor in deciding what shoes I wear.”
With countless brands and footwear styles, there comes countless opinions throughout BCA, and shoes remain a big part of the fashion culture here.
