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I'll be hitting the Clarks outlet this week, hoping to pick up a discounted pair of these for work...
Laugh all you like - but they're grippy enough to wear on petrol station forecourts in the middle of winter, formal enough to wear into the office in Docklands and as comfortable as your favourite slippers. Current pair are nearly 2 years old and worn nearly every working day.
Laugh all you like - but they're grippy enough to wear on petrol station forecourts in the middle of winter, formal enough to wear into the office in Docklands and as comfortable as your favourite slippers. Current pair are nearly 2 years old and worn nearly every working day.
Trabi601 said:
I'll be hitting the Clarks outlet this week, hoping to pick up a discounted pair of these for work...
Laugh all you like - but they're grippy enough to wear on petrol station forecourts in the middle of winter, formal enough to wear into the office in Docklands and as comfortable as your favourite slippers. Current pair are nearly 2 years old and worn nearly every working day.
I wouldn't laugh as we all like different things, but they are what is wrong with rubber soles on formal style shoes. They definitely have the "special look"Laugh all you like - but they're grippy enough to wear on petrol station forecourts in the middle of winter, formal enough to wear into the office in Docklands and as comfortable as your favourite slippers. Current pair are nearly 2 years old and worn nearly every working day.
desolate said:
I wouldn't laugh as we all like different things, but they are what is wrong with rubber soles on formal style shoes. They definitely have the "special look"
They don't look anywhere near as orthopedic / Daily Mail pensioner catalogue as many of the shoes posted in this thread 
El stovey said:
These shoes, although slightly more traditional and masculine, appear to have a raised "flamboyant" heel made from MDF. They are showing signs of excessive wear after no doubt, being worn for a few minutes on carpet.
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heels were worn by men first then became popular with women, so they are just traditional styled. [/footnote]
When you talk about adding a midsole, are you talking of the leather layer above the dainite rubber?
i.e.
I've seen sellers refer to that structure as "Double Dainite" and all but one of my Dainite shoes/boots are like that
(ETA better photo)
i.e.
I've seen sellers refer to that structure as "Double Dainite" and all but one of my Dainite shoes/boots are like that
(ETA better photo)
Edited by FreeLitres on Monday 2nd January 18:36
Garvin said:
Interesting debate about leather v synthetic soles. I'll add my view which will, no doubt, have the officianados up in arms. Unfortunately I suffer from Atheles Foot, contracted as a child and no doubt exacerbated by the cheap synthetic uppered and soled shoes my rather poor parents could afford!
Until about 3 years ago, I had no real interest in shoes and I would spend all my time in the same pair of black Clarks with glued rubber soles. I used to suffer from Athletes foot 2 or 3 times a year. Since getting into decent shoes, I have never worn a pair of shoes two days in a row and I always use cedar shoe trees when the shoes are not in use. I have not had a bout of Athletes foot since.
I presume that giving the insides of the shoes time to dry out after each wear removes the nice warm damp conditions that those little fungus b
ds like so much.Trabi601 said:
I'll be hitting the Clarks outlet this week, hoping to pick up a discounted pair of these for work...
Laugh all you like.....
Thanks! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Awful. Laugh all you like.....
CharlesdeGaulle said:
They are utterly tragic
Perfectly summarised. Edited by hacksaw on Monday 2nd January 19:40
It'll be whatever they have in the outlet!
The shoes I originally posted have been excellent - I've walked miles across London in them to avoid the tube, driven 50k miles in them, worn them on site and in the office.
I have some leather soled brogues, but they're horrible things in everyday use.
Nobody notices shoes at work, so why not buy something cheap, well made and comfortable?
The shoes I originally posted have been excellent - I've walked miles across London in them to avoid the tube, driven 50k miles in them, worn them on site and in the office.
I have some leather soled brogues, but they're horrible things in everyday use.
Nobody notices shoes at work, so why not buy something cheap, well made and comfortable?
Trabi601 said:
I'll be hitting the Clarks outlet this week, hoping to pick up a discounted pair of these for work...
Laugh all you like - but they're grippy enough to wear on petrol station forecourts in the middle of winter, formal enough to wear into the office in Docklands and as comfortable as your favourite slippers. Current pair are nearly 2 years old and worn nearly every working day.
now that is what i think we mean when we say rubber soles, not the dainites.Laugh all you like - but they're grippy enough to wear on petrol station forecourts in the middle of winter, formal enough to wear into the office in Docklands and as comfortable as your favourite slippers. Current pair are nearly 2 years old and worn nearly every working day.
FreeLitres said:
When you talk about adding a midsole, are you talking of the leather layer above the dainite rubber?
i.e.
I've seen sellers refer to that structure as "Double Dainite" and all but one of my Dainite shoes/boots are like that
(ETA better photo)
Yeah. i.e.
I've seen sellers refer to that structure as "Double Dainite" and all but one of my Dainite shoes/boots are like that
(ETA better photo)
I think it is more to add back some feeling of a structured sole in most cases.
Just did a quick search and this came up, explains it well and shows the midsole...
http://welldresseddad.com/2014/01/09/how-to-improv...
http://welldresseddad.com/2014/01/09/how-to-improv...
RichB said:
Trabi601 said:
Nobody notices shoes at work, so why not buy something cheap, well made and comfortable?
He says I've turned up in the office in my Adidas HB Spezials and nobody has paid any attention to them...
Most important thing to me is not to go arse over tit when I'm walking my customers around their sites. I used to buy from M&S, but their prices are rivaling what I'd pay for a good pair of running shoes, so I've switched to Clarks Outlet.
RichB said:
Trabi601 said:
Nobody notices shoes at work, so why not buy something cheap, well made and comfortable?
He says Blown2CV said:
depends where you work of course. I wouldn't judge a paramedic for the shoes they wear for example, but i tend to notice shoes on people where i work. Not sure why i would suddenly stop noticing things just because i stepped inside a particular building.
I think I'd only really pay any attention to someone's shoes if they turned up wearing those 2-tone brogue clown shoes. Or something that looked like it was provided by the NHS.Trabi601 said:
Blown2CV said:
depends where you work of course. I wouldn't judge a paramedic for the shoes they wear for example, but i tend to notice shoes on people where i work. Not sure why i would suddenly stop noticing things just because i stepped inside a particular building.
I think I'd only really pay any attention to someone's shoes if they turned up wearing those 2-tone brogue clown shoes. Or something that looked like it was provided by the NHS.
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