Personally, sneakerheads were a thing in the late 90s, and the "fad" started for me in the 2000s with the rise of web 1.0. I remember the Nike "Tiffany" SB Dunk

Personally, sneakerheads were a thing in the late 90s, and the "fad" started for me in the 2000s with the rise of web 1.0. I remember the Nike "Tiffany" SB Dunks, which dropped in 2005, being the most talked about sneaker back then and still retails for $1,000+ on StockX.