Just got feet, don't got SHOES

that is precisely what i just did with new purcells

ok i just called the head Tretorn office in Sweden. no shops in France or England. what happened to these guys?? Tretorns used to do big fucking business when i was growing up. random girls in Knoxville would be rocking Tretorns.

(xp well not new actually tbh, i got them off ebay expecting they'd be broken in but appara not cos it's only my blood on them now)

uniqlo sell a lot of those short socks in some decent colours. i already had some when i decided it was too hot to wear them, genuinely still hurts each time i put the converse on now.

yeah i had to gingerly tiptoe into sainsburys to buy a pair, and some plasters

not really a fan of those short socks at all though

every pair of doc martens i ever tried, socks or not, mangled some tiny bone in my heel so thorougly that i'd limp for days afterwards. in fact i attribute my feet's incompatibility with docs as the primary driver behind me not getting into the smiths, throwing muses or the cure and getting into metal instead

i find normal socks look a bit dumb with shorts but i don't wear shorts that often.

xpost i once had a pair of adidas i got off ebay and there was no discernible pain at first, but after walking ten minutes with them they seemed to pinch some specific nerve just around the bridge of my foot, causing agony. it was as if you were having some medical emergency or something.

idk about bone mangling but docs have done a number on me too in the past. it's perfectly natural for a wide variety of quality shoes, just my repeated idiocy in not prepping every time is the most irritating thing

i would imagine the heel-wearing ladies of ilx are rmde-ing hard at us right now

I have tretorns but I got them in the states. Can you not get em in the UK then?
I love my DMs but they destroy my ankles. I know I need to break them in (they're abt 15 years old lol) but how can I when the PAIN

Heels, sandals, flats, boots...shoes hurt. Leather shoes need breaking in, by which time unless they're partic rugged, they're halfway to worn out and don't look as nice anymore. In summation, walking is for suckers.

Can you not get em in the UK then?

Apparently not! So weird. Plain canvas shoes w/flat soles seems right up Britain's alley - in fact, as a colleague told me today, the classic Tretorn T56s are basically a more classic version of the Dunlop Green Flash, which is ubiquitous here

Here are the ones I want:

http://gb.tretorn.com/tretorn/Shoes/SkymraSLCanvas/EgretWhite

The Swedish lady from Tretorn told me on the phone that I can order them direct, and what size I should try. I have never ordered shoes through the post before.

I had these super-soft leather ones. Replaced them with random ones ordered online and they were kind of sleeping-bag material :(

http://d6b07q22x675q.cloudfront.net/upload/images/Spencer/Sand/Spencer-Sand_XOODT_234_234_pad.jpg

got these for 70 this week, the grenson sale is amazing if you are in the uk (not sure how much shipping is) they'd normally be 180ish.

http://www.grenson.co.uk/en_gb/sale/mens-sale-2?limit=all

won a pair of red wings for $75 on ebay

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/9388087559_47c171ab3e.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/9390861778_9d6c647d06.jpg

Picked up these for work
http://images.hhbrown.com/Vintage/Pair/V01648-368x378.png

Got them $100 below the website price, so pretty pleased.

nice heel! i need brown boots

hurting those are some nice shoes dog

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yeah I am pretty into shoes with soles/heels that are a different shade from the rest of the shoe. Not those lunar crepe things, just like tan with brown or tan with black.

yeah the heel is super important

i'm wearing clicky heels today, i like them. the shoes are black but the laces and stitching are midnight blue which is also a neat contrast

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Timberland-Boat-Shoes-/261255207502

lol garda check the third pic, rear view

"In fantastic wearable condition, only worn a few times"...

i'm very (perhaps overly) wary of two tone shoe/heel combos, playful or classic-with-a-twist or whatever doesnt seem to work for me at all

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Timberland-Boat-Shoes-/261255207502

lol garda check the third pic, rear view

"In fantastic wearable condition, only worn a few times"...

Had to check this a few times before I realised, haha, poor guy. Pretty nice shoes.

Just got a pair of these, mostly because of the big reduction (£50 from £125 iirc):

http://www.universalworks.co.uk/journal/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Harry_Stone_journal.jpg

The Vintage Shoe Company shoes I bought just feel incredibly well-constructed -- good leather, tight stitching, every sold but still comfortable. And apparently made in the USA too so I guess I should feel proud of that or something.

omg they're here

jesus h christ i had no idea they were going to be this beautiful

http://f.cl.ly/items/0t2p0M2C1O3x0j1X3704/tretorns.jpg

these aren't my steez at ALL but they are pretty remarkable and i thought some of the shoe fiends here might enjoy them:

http://f.cl.ly/items/2c3I1K03001G3J20442b/shoes_bordeaux.jpg

tretorns lookin nice!

right?????????????? i love how they actually embroidered the logo

but jesus, tretorns are simply unavailable in the UK and France. what happened to this company??

http://cdn.totokaelo.com/uploads/images/0000/0026/3253/grid_IMG_0419__1_.jpg

margiela

on major sale, still like $380 :(

whooooa

those are major

whaaaaaat

are those... whole cut calf leather... my god

Not the most exciting shoe purchase but yesterday was the first time I'd ever purchased the exact same shoe to replace a worn out pair. RIP two year old Sambas:

http://i.imgur.com/ZnsKyX9.jpg

Also, since they were on sale and I only ever wear black shoes I bought a pair of these ridiculous Sauconys at the same time to liven things up a bit:

http://s2.onlineshoes.com/images/br010/328568_366_45.jpg

i fuckn love sauconys

http://www.shoes.com/ProductImages/shoes_iaec1339767.jpg

rocking these 2day - i love that they are really like highlighter bright; they're p good shoes, i had already had a pair in yellow that i've destroyed mostly by playing tennis a lot in them so i really cant wear them casually anymore

so I went to the Bass outlet with like, no money, thinking well I'll just look and clock what they have for when I'm cashed up, and ended up leaving with

1 pair leopard print espadrille-style flats - $20
1 pair purple suede loafer flats - $20

booya!

okay I know between these and my purple suede boots and bedazzled sandals I'm veering int 70's Elvis/Liberace level crazy shoe closet (if only the gold leather had been in my size)...but they're p freaking rad and colorful shoes make me happy

pics?!?

forthcoming!

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/1551BEAA-ED47-4526-ACF2-AF19FD5A6D79-8728-000005CC3EAA5F21_zps8bf8d514.jpg

love!

I just recently noticed my appalling shoe conservatism. Inspiring!

I get more conservative from the top down: fun shirts, bright solid-colour trousers, brown shoes.

I love the Bass outlet.

shoe ppl: please help me find the following to replace my everyday black flats that i wear basically all the time to work

black flat, very minor heel ok (like 1 in)
pointy toe preferred (do not like very rounded toes, pointies are just as comfortable and i feel are more flattering, on me at least)
soft flexible sole
no toe cleavage/somewhat high cut (but not like a loafer)
ok for standing on for 6 hours
embellishment ok within reason
no buckles/clasps -- must be slip on

i have no idea how to search for all of these things at once. i'm shopping impaired and very impatient. i've been needing to replace the beat up old ones i have for over a year!

you're probably going to have to look at flats and/or dress flats and then just find what you want by browsing...

but modcloth has a pretty cute array of flats, and a lot of diff pointy toe styles, you might start there and see if there's anything you like

http://www.modcloth.com/shop/shoes-flats