Your shoes can make or break an outfit. But for some, getting the latest kicks is a hobby, even an obsession. NY1's Talia Kaplan filed the following report on a Flushing sneaker shop that's making a name for itself by securing some rare kicks.

It's a sneaker lover’s paradise. Image NY in Flushing is the borough’s only sneaker consignment shop.

"I think it is one of the best sneaker stores around,” said customer Jay Sanchez.

And for the last seven years, it has helped sneaker collectors find the rarest shoes.

“We carry stuff that, you know, you wouldn't be able to get in Footlocker,” said sales associate Mike Lee. “We cater to the limited edition stuff, the harder to get, and we are the only store in Queens to actually carry stuff like that.”

The inventory is not ordered online, but instead brought in by customers.

“We'll evaluate the shoe; we'll check them out see if there are any flaws, et cetera. We look at the market value of the shoe and we will set a price for you,” said Shu Sheng, the store’s manager. And, yes, his name is pronounced “shoe.”

Once the shoe is sold, the store takes a percentage of the resale price, while the original owner gets the rest.

Employees say they enjoy the process of choosing which shoes to sell.

“We get interesting ones every day,” said Lee. “We don't know who is going to come through those doors.”

Employees say there are about 5,000 pairs of sneakers here and each pair has its own history.  

“Every shoe has a story like, ‘Yo I went to Footlocker and I lined up two days and I got this,’ [or] ‘Aw man, a friend of mine owes me money and he has no money so he gave me these,” said Shu.

Shu says one pair of sneakers has a unique story of its own. The extremely rare player edition sneakers are part of an unknown number in the world.

NBA star Kyrie Irving wore a pair of these sneakers during a game in Los Angeles on the night of the Grammys two years ago.

“There is other rare stuff we have here but that is probably one of the rarest we have now,” Shu said.

And sneaker enthusiasts tell employees that, for them, the rarer the better.

“You are, like, exclusive to the only few people who have that one shoe. It’s not like everyone is going to have them,” added Lee. “It is like exclusivity.”