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ally the first red pair are gorgeous. those would be my choice.

fun fact: in australia shoes like that, with the strap around the ankle, are called "yank catchers". it dates back the the second world war when US soldiers would arrive here by ship. young ladies, hoping to catch an american man, would rush down to the docks to greet them wearing that same style shoe.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Since when were shoes called 'vans'?

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link

the first official day of business was March 15, 1966, when the first Vans shoe store opened at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Ally, I'd go with the first pair too.

If I had the money,
http://www.net-a-porter.com/pws/images/product/12338/large/fr.jpg

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Or maybe
http://www.net-a-porter.com/pws/images/product/13449/large/fr.jpg

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link

OK I purchased shoe #1, which was my preference too honestly, but it was also the most expensive pair so I was being all wishy washy. Then I remembered I actually spent $350 recently on two sets of underwear so really why am I fussing over $100 on shoes. oh, creditcards.

xpost oh I like those red ones!!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh btw I'm just gonna say this, I clicked on that weird RUMPIE WORKS IN MY OFFICE thread to see what ppl were talking about, and it's just Mickey who is like pretty much one of the 5 worst people on ILX so don't worry about being called assholes by him. Just nod yr head, it's his last days before imprisonment.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Like one of these?

http://www.thewinchesterclub.co.uk/dave_No4.jpg

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link

oh cute!

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link

For the benefit of PF: Vans are a brand of trainer.

I think I am going to get these as pretty work shoes, if I can a) fit them on my feet and b) scare up £40 out of nowhere:

http://www.schuhstore.co.uk/images/product/1207107020_lg.jpg

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.zappos.com/images/P/Pony1/1729-101397-d.jpg

― Holy makkara, Toivo! (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Oddly enough have just had my friend S4tind3r on the interweb mail asking me to compare the price of agnes b. sandals in London with the $250 they cost in NYC. She is to hang on to her cash and get them here. Crisis averted!

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link

my friend j0hn got some new shoes last week

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link

0 RLY?

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

it'5 true

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link

D!ck, you're a good friend.

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link

there is pretty much nowhere to buy shoes in DC that's not either very, very expensive (but very, very limited selection & mostly conservative) or nine west. I like those Tara Subkoff easy spirits though. some of the miss sixty at the zappos site are on major sale and only about $70, so.. hmm

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

DC people, there's a DSW in Pentagon Row! I know, Pentagon Row is kind of gross, but you can walk there from the Pentagon City Metro stop, right? if you're in an affordable-shoe-coveting pinch.

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

also, yay, Ally bought the pretty shoes!

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I used to live at 9 West 46th St.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

okay so
http://www.zappos.com/images/D/DrMartens106/1729-16231-1.jpg
or
http://www.zappos.com/images/721/7217045/1733-222970-1.jpg
or
http://www.zappos.com/images/721/7217103/985-223081-1.jpg
or none of the above?

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

do you have to buy shoes that look like that once every two months or something? The middle ones are utterly disgusting btw.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

the middle ones are my personal fave actually.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

you are talking to a person who has basically decided that the only non-trainers he needs to buy from now on, with the possible exception of fancy dressemup footwear, are black doc martens, because they fall apart less often than other shoes, and I refuse to wear a brown belt.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

The middle ones look like something a Republican 20-something would wear to work. After work he puts on his casual loafers and his striped shirt, collar flipped, and goes to the Front Page. V. not sexy.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd get the middle ones! They're great!

― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't really like shoes with laces to be totally honest.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

if any of them, the 3rd. first one is gawdawful.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

The 3rd pair.

― Holy makkara, Toivo! (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah 3rd is best out of those choices.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

wait I thought you hated slip-ons. now it's lace-ups?

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

I hate velcro.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, 3rd pair

xpost - unfortunately I have no luck at DSW, I went and they didn't have my size (10) in anything cool

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess this is as good a thread as any to ask what Ugg boots are and why they are so bad and hated.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link

dude whats the matter with brown belts/shoes, tom?

john, come to georgetown - ill show you.

― SQUARECOATS (plsmith), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, I've been told I can also find out in Lincoln Park -- but being fairly blind to fashion in general puts me at a distinct disadvantage here.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - NEW BALANCE

― JW (ex machina), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I think European tastes are different - the middle pair is the only one that I would choose. It's hard to tell when you can't see how thinck the sole might be, though.

― Lara (Lara), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:23 (seventeen years ago) link

ally is right -- the 2d pair are FUGLY as fuck.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

dude whats the matter with brown belts/shoes, tom?

I don't think anything is wrong with it, but I don't wear brown leather products, either. Black is slightly better, and easier to coordinate with other colors, and sometimes having limited fashion options is a blessing. Get yourself a couple pair of black shoes, a couple sturdy black belts, and go to work worry-free for years to come.

ally is right -- the 2d pair are FUGLY as fuck.

It's all the little holes. Too... I dunno... fancy pants or something. Like it's trying to be a doily.

― sinful caesar sipped his snifter (kenan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Not a doily - a *brogue*!

― Lara (Lara), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Whatever. Classic? Maybe. Silly? Yeah, kind of. It goes back to the days when being able to punch a bunch of holes in leather was really impressive.

― sinful caesar sipped his snifter (kenan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't remember those days! Prada have some exceptional men's shoes this seaon.

― Lara (Lara), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm a big fan of wingtips/brogues, actually.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Tom, the first pair are shit-kickers masquerading as a men's dress shoe. Buy it if you MUST (if you visit, say, construction sites as a consultant and you need something heavier than a fine-soled dress shoe -- but I don't think you do this), or if Docs are your personal calling card, or if you're still in high school. Otherwise, buy a GROWN-UP DRESS SHOE.

Which brings us to #2 and #3, where it's really a matter of taste. I think you could do either, but maybe #3 is more consistent with your overall style and existing wardrobe? You might like a certain pair of shoes but it's much less helpful if they don't GO with anything.

Brogues might be more of a UK thing than a US one? I back 'em.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

They definitely would like cold ass stupid with Tom's current wardrobe. Unless you plan to upgrade yr fashion, Tom, you need to stick with #3 if you get any of those shoes at all.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

LOOK LIKE cold ass stupid, I mean. Gah end of day come quickly

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link

docs can get away with it b/c they are docs. any other kinda shoe that tried that kind of thing would look dumb (HELLO SKETCHERS!!)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Look Tom just because I bought wingtips at a Baltimore thrift store the day of your wedding doesn't mean they're suddenly IN now, GAWD.

I used to have a pair of Sketchers' engineer boots. They fell apart after a year.

I say #3, too.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Leather soles -- C/D?

― sinful caesar sipped his snifter (kenan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

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