Show us your new shoes

[Trabi601]

ArsE92 said:

Trabi601 said:

I've pretty much worn out my Chuck Taylor Is, so needed some new ones - seeing IIs at 30 quid tipped me into buying.

What age bracket are you in? Genuine question.

Early 40s.

[Halb]

FreeLitres said:

Michael Jackson fan? Or Art Jimmerson maybe?

[kelv_w]

wow that's quite a price inflation from £2300 then to £4000 now for a pair bespoke John Lobb.

There's a documentary on BBC4 iplayer called Handmade: By Royal Appointment -2. John Lobb Shoes BBC Documentary which ends at 9pm tomorrow.

You can watch it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07g9q28/hand...

or here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJexoNFxvyo

[DuncanM]

Trabi601 said:

ArsE92 said:

Trabi601 said:

I've pretty much worn out my Chuck Taylor Is, so needed some new ones - seeing IIs at 30 quid tipped me into buying.

What age bracket are you in? Genuine question.

Early 40s.

Trabi601
Age: early 40s.

Likes: bright red trainers
Dislikes: Blazers

I'm so confused

[Trabi601]

DuncanM said:

Trabi601
Age: early 40s.

Likes: bright red trainers
Dislikes: Blazers

I'm so confused

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

You can never be too old for red Converse, but you're always too young for a blazer

[DuncanM]

Trabi601 said:

DuncanM said:

Trabi601
Age: early 40s.

Likes: bright red trainers
Dislikes: Blazers

I'm so confused

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

You can never be too old for red Converse, but you're always too young for a blazer

Love a blazer, can't think of a single outfit that would benefit from bright red trainers unless you're in a circus, or under 5

Everyone is different ah

[Trabi601]

DuncanM said:

Love a blazer, can't think of a single outfit that would benefit from bright red trainers unless you're in a circus, or under 5

Everyone is different ah

Do you want to take that up with Tommy Lee?





Timeless classics, the red Chuck Taylors.

[Baryonyx]

kelv_w said:

and here's my current one in midnight blue







CJ & EG

Bloody hell, they're awful. Victorian pauper style shoes with social worker jeans and socks.

[DuncanM]

Trabi601 said:

DuncanM said:

Love a blazer, can't think of a single outfit that would benefit from bright red trainers unless you're in a circus, or under 5

Everyone is different ah

Do you want to take that up with Tommy Lee?





Timeless classics, the red Chuck Taylors.

If that's your idea of stylish, then we're at different ends of a thankfully very large spectrum

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Baryonyx said:

Bloody hell, they're awful. Victorian pauper style shoes with social worker jeans and socks.

Classy response that makes you look cool. Maybe.

[Levin]

Trabi601 said:

Timeless classics, the red Chuck Taylors.

I have to admit, I agree with this. Red, black and white are probably the three most iconic colours - but my favourite is probably the black low-top since the highs have absurdly long laces. Does that change with the Chuck II highs?

[Trabi601]

Levin said:

Trabi601 said:

Timeless classics, the red Chuck Taylors.

I have to admit, I agree with this. Red, black and white are probably the three most iconic colours - but my favourite is probably the black low-top since the highs have absurdly long laces. Does that change with the Chuck II highs?

No, it doesn't!

I usually don't lace the top 2 pairs of holes and wrap them around the ankle before tying.

They're taking a bit of time to break in - got a blister on the achilles on my left foot - so I'm in my Adidas HB Speziales tonight

[WinstonWolf]

kelv_w said:

wow that's quite a price inflation from £2300 then to £4000 now for a pair bespoke John Lobb.

There's a documentary on BBC4 iplayer called Handmade: By Royal Appointment -2. John Lobb Shoes BBC Documentary which ends at 9pm tomorrow.

You can watch it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07g9q28/hand...

or here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJexoNFxvyo

Thanks, caught it just in time

[InductionRoar]

Baryonyx said:

Bloody hell, they're awful. Victorian pauper style shoes with social worker jeans and socks.

Incorrect and rude. Excellent post.

[Levin]

Trabi601 said:

Adidas HB Speziales tonight

No matter what, this thread always comes back to Adidas trainers at some point.

[Blown2CV]

Trabi601 said:

DuncanM said:

Love a blazer, can't think of a single outfit that would benefit from bright red trainers unless you're in a circus, or under 5

Everyone is different ah

Do you want to take that up with Tommy Lee?





Timeless classics, the red Chuck Taylors.

you definitely don't want to take it up with tommy lee; unless you've had your Hep shots.

[Goaty Bill 2]

Trabi601 said:

Do you want to take that up with Tommy Lee?





Timeless classics, the red Chuck Taylors.

Tommy Lee one of the last people on the planet I would receive dress style advice from, along with being one of the last people on the planet I would want to even vaguely resemble.

I played basketball all through the 70s. No one wore reds that I ever saw. No doubt some NBA players will have done at the time, but they got paid to do it. Black or white were the choice.

[Halb]

Punky Brewster?

[Trabi601]

Goaty Bill 2 said:

Tommy Lee one of the last people on the planet I would receive dress style advice from, along with being one of the last people on the planet I would want to even vaguely resemble.

I played basketball all through the 70s. No one wore reds that I ever saw. No doubt some NBA players will have done at the time, but they got paid to do it. Black or white were the choice.

I'm surprised anyone was playing in Chucks in the 1970s - they were a 60-odd year old shoe even back then.

A quick google suggests most professionals were wearing Adidas Superstars in the 70s.

[Goaty Bill 2]

Trabi601 said:

I'm surprised anyone was playing in Chucks in the 1970s - they were a 60-odd year old shoe even back then.

A quick google suggests most professionals were wearing Adidas Superstars in the 70s.

Probably. By the late 70s most of us were wearing Nike or Adidas. Much more comfortable and a lot easier on the feet when running on hardwood floors. Quite a bit more expensive too, so a few players still had the trusty Converse.
The Chucks weren't considered a classic then, just a bit embarrassing; out of fashion don't you know