Just got feet, don't got SHOES

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noice!

Mandeez, I'm wearing my Lorenzo Masiero oxfords just like those gold ones but they're distressed crinkly silver. :)

i want to know what dog latin did with his boots

the zipper on the side got misaligned and just ran off it's track and won't go back on. Zips are the worst FTR.

seriously. i promised myself last year that i wld never buy a pair of winter boots with a zipper again - no matter how good the boot, the zipper never seems to last through winter's snow and salt and road crud.

replacement zippers haven't lasted long either because the boot itself is already warped to yr walking ways or something i don't know :/

I have the ugliest winter boots and I hate them and the zipper is never going to break so I can get new ones.

” accidentally” leave them on your door step overnight

Maybe the boot fairy will exchange them for money?

Gilt.com has some awesome women's shoes today at seriously discounted prices! Get on it!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6141255695_1118653b77_z.jpg

these fuckin' crazy navy longwings by carlos campos!! i mean

tho i can't say how i like these because i hated those prada esparilles *shrug*

espadrilles*

really want these:

http://www.oipolloi.com/Content/3408-5-XL.jpg

or these:

http://www.oipolloi.com/Content/3824-2-XL.jpg

but not sure i can justify spending £210 or £325 on footwear in this economy.

But just think, you'd not only be richer by all that money, but you would have spared yourself from owning incredibly ugly shoes.

pssssh

yeah i'm sorry, those loafers are pretty bad but those boots are just horrible

is that a crepe sole? WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE POLENTA??

loooove those boots jim

mocs are nice too

mandee my girl is obsessed w/ dieppa restrepo

here, on the other hand, we have a nice looking crepe-soled moc boot.

q for those who have broken in boots before:

so just walking around at home in them they seem fine, comfortable, although I get the slightest bit of discomfort on my pinky toes because the boot may be a tad narrow. there's plenty of room in the toebox lengthwise. I've read that these boots will get slightly wider and shorter as they break in. is it worth it to order a half size up just to see the diff, or should I just 'deal with it', build up the callus on my pinky toes. they are comfortable in all other respects in the limited walking i've done in my home.

ah hell, it's not that big of a deal. just doing a little bit of online fretting. I'm gonna #DWI.

If the length is correct, order a wider size - you'll be way more comfortable in a EE. Wider boots can be laced tighter, narrow boots are probably never going to stretch enough to be really comfortable.

tho if it's only on yr pinky toe and not the side of your foot, well, i've had that before and the shoe has stretched pretty quickly after some walking around

also OMG I LOVE those carlos campos shoes! i want them for meeeee

and those moccasins are great, jim, but i would say that - i actually really now have to find a new pair of the clark's moccasins i bought in the spring bc i was wearing them all the time and then somehow they became my camping and rain shoes and i have a feeling are teetering on the edge btwn acceptable and decrepit

I want these: http://www.zappos.com/product/7847563/color/59

cuuuuuuute

i have boot angst

because my #1 desire right now are rag and bone harrow boots, but I do not have $550 to blow on such loveliness

http://www.rag-bone.com/store/productimages/regular/1885_black_fa.jpg

i might just get these from topshop, which are like $100...

http://media.topshop.com/wcsstore/TopShop/images/catalog/32A03ABLA_large.jpg

basically acne pistol knockoffs. but i have no shame.

http://www.zappos.com/product/7847563/color/59

i like how these are modern-looking yet you could probably go in a time machine to almost any time in the last 400 years and not look out of place

I liked the boots Jim posted too.

Amanda, I knew you would like those! They are really calling out to me. I need a new pair of Oxford-ish shoes...

I found a really solid pair of longwing brogues this past weekend -- they are of good quality leather, fit great, are nicely broken in with lots of 'character' -- though they look like they've been shined with a few different colors of polish over the years. i'm thinking of stripping the polish to figure out what color they ~really~ are but don't want to damage the leather. anyone have experience doing this?

someone must have loved them for a long time because they've been re-soled and the foot pad has been replaced -- sadly this means I have no idea who the original manufacturer is.

the only boots i can find that i like are brown, and NSFW (in the more palatable sense). black ankle boots that are cool and also double up as work shoes just don't seem to be comign past my radar.

elmo, someone I know who has worked in luxury shoe sales for many years has a story about RE-polishing a different color over a brown shoe, but he didn't mention taking the old stuff off? Not sure what would do it, maybe acetone? I imagine you'd have to recondition the leather right away b/c of dryness but it might remove the old stuff? Test with a q-tip on the inside arch or something.

lol got the courage to wear my boots out for the first time today (no pain!) and scratched the leather. fml

shoulda gone with roughouts I suppose

aw cmon, they are s'posed to get beat up! they look better that way imo

hah yeah I always agonize over the first little scratch but w/e they're mine now!

anybody got tips for a good leather conditioner or protector. styl3f0rum geeks go crazy over obenauf's but I think that's too fancy

Obenauf's is cheap, though, if you can find it locally.

Mink oil should be available at Wal-Mart, etc., but I've heard differing opinions on using it on good leather.

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=208
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now this is too fancy

i live in the bear and leather district of sf. this place is around the corner from me and they are fucking hardcore http://www.stompersboots.com/

they suggested i get a tin of this stuff http://www.huberds.com/shoe-grease.html (~$6)

they told me to put it on once, and then probably once a season or after a heavy rain.

thanks jaxon, place by me carries huberds and it works great! spent the afternoon conditioning three pairs of boots. turned my desert boots into an exclusive, one of a kind dirty gunmetal grey (ugh) but otherwise it's great

Update on Culture Phit heels:

I danced like a wild maniac last night in these shoes, and not only did my feet not hurt, they feel fine today. RECOMMENDED if you are looking for cute, comf women's heels that don't cost $100.

http://img1.prosperent.com/images/125x125/www.zappos.com/images/z/1/3/1/1310459-t-THUMBNAIL.jpg

They are not the world's sexiest shoes, i know, but they are also pretty much as comfortable as any other shoes I have, which is saying a lot.

I just ordered these, having found that shoes.com has size 11s AND ships to Canada! I hope Aerosoles are comfortable - I bought them mostly because of the hell (which I see, are similar to Lech's Culture Phit ones above!)

Aldo sells size 11s that are 41s, and I'm noticing online most 11s are marked as 42s. FUCKERS. No wonder I've been having such disastrous luck in-store! And the higher-end shoe stores? Just plain don't carry 11s, or only a small selection. It's the age of the INTERNET guys, can't you pick up 20 or 30 size 11 Franco Sartos and let me buy them off your website? I know there might not be much demand in store, but seriously!

Anyway. Here's hoping on these bad boys - my legs are freezing and my personal rule is footless leggins under skirts/dresses are okay, but ONLY if you have a boot to cover up the footless part - I do not abide visible socks tucked into leggings, ankle-high boots or sockless flats (my only current options). And it's getting pretty cold to be bare-kneed and sockless in Toronto! I blame my Grandmother who influenced my style rules. I practically have anxiety attacks if I wear dark blue with black, or brown and black - to the point that I own almost 0 brown because I like black so much.

http://www.shoes.com/ProductImages/shoes_iaec1113569.jpg

dark blue with black, or brown and black - to the point that I own almost 0 brown because I like black so much.

These are old rules!!! You can totally mix all of these since they're nuetrals. I love black and brown together but it has to be a light sort of tawny shade of brown - like this:

http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/245454114_V47ih4oU_c.jpg

I have boots that same color that I wear with black a lot. I usually add a similar shade of brown belt and or bag and it works well, I think.

Sidenote. I WANT THAT DRESS SO BAD! I have no idea where it's from though. :[