What shoes

I bought these dr martens recently and they're very comfortable.

These days, I only wear sneakers if I'm running or at the gym (which is never, lol).

A) I have to wear oxfords/dress shoes every day at work, and they're usually uncomfortable as fuck, EXCEPT the Cole Haan's with nike air soles, which sounds gimmicky but is actually super comfortable. Only dress shoes that haven't torn up my heal and been covered in blood within the first two days of ownership.

B) For regular non work stuff I usually wear a pair of Doc Martens 1460s, but of the Made in China variety of Docs I can only recommend the Napa Leather ones. They hold up well, wear well, and break in quickly, and look like vintage Docs after a week or so. Everyone else seems to suggest other (non-UK) Docs fall apart in a month or so, and the newer, more expensive "Proudly Made in the UK" 1460s apparently take forever to break in.

More comfy than sneakers imo, although if you're a half size like me you might need to add an insert (the brand's own inserts are apparently intended to reduce interior space by a half size when placed over the original insole, I can confirm this works really well):

my current rotation;

boxfresh sparko

nike sky force 88

some boots sort of like this

  On 1/6/2012 at 8:30 PM, Coalbucket PI said:

nike sky force 88

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How about a nice pair of nice Easy Spirits? Easy Spirits give you plenty of support and are very comfortable, plus they are about half the price of those designer shoes you had picked out. I have a couple pairs of these black ones, which I think we can all agree are pretty darn hip.

Easy Spirits

  On 5/18/2010 at 4:32 AM, viscosity said:

 

but much more worn in.

 

had a friend who was into expensive shoes; had a pair like these that looked rad with colored socks

 

This is more than a year and a half later, but it's worth pointing out that these weird Bapes/Nike "collaboration" are the fakest bootlegs I've ever seen.

Also, I've been wearing Sperrys so hard recently

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:07 PM, JW Modestburns said:

How about a nice pair of nice Easy Spirits? Easy Spirits give you plenty of support and are very comfortable, plus they are about half the price of those designer shoes you had picked out. I have a couple pairs of these black ones, which I think we can all agree are pretty darn hip.

 

 

Easy Spirits

hi mom

Boom, unboxed.

Fuck you, cat! I like them!

  On 1/6/2012 at 8:03 PM, baph said:

These days, I only wear sneakers if I'm running or at the gym (which is never, lol).

 

A) I have to wear oxfords/dress shoes every day at work, and they're usually uncomfortable as fuck, EXCEPT the Cole Haan's with nike air soles, which sounds gimmicky but is actually super comfortable. Only dress shoes that haven't torn up my heal and been covered in blood within the first two days of ownership.

 

B) For regular non work stuff I usually wear a pair of Doc Martens 1460s, but of the Made in China variety of Docs I can only recommend the Napa Leather ones. They hold up well, wear well, and break in quickly, and look like vintage Docs after a week or so. Everyone else seems to suggest other (non-UK) Docs fall apart in a month or so, and the newer, more expensive "Proudly Made in the UK" 1460s apparently take forever to break in.

 

More comfy than sneakers imo, although if you're a half size like me you might need to add an insert (the brand's own inserts are apparently intended to reduce interior space by a half size when placed over the original insole, I can confirm this works really well):

 

If your dress shoes are cutting your ankles, then either you're wearing too big of a size, or your socks are too thin. There should be no vertical movement of your foot in a shoe.

  On 1/6/2012 at 4:02 PM, Joyrex said:

These are what I shuffle around in on the weekends...

 

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:36 PM, jules said:

  On 1/6/2012 at 4:02 PM, Joyrex said:

These are what I shuffle around in on the weekends...

 

 

 

 

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LOL... banned.

  On 5/18/2010 at 4:32 AM, viscosity said:

had a friend who was into expensive shoes; had a pair like these that looked rad with colored socks

 

 

lol

Give the guy a kick in the kidney for wearing those.

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:44 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:36 PM, jules said:

  On 1/6/2012 at 4:02 PM, Joyrex said:

These are what I shuffle around in on the weekends...

 

 

 

 

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LOL... banned.

 

 

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  On 1/6/2012 at 11:41 AM, verticalhold said:

not sure what's going on there ^

What would you like me to explain?

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:28 PM, Gary C said:

Boom, unboxed.

 

 

Fuck you, cat! I like them!

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:35 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 1/6/2012 at 8:03 PM, baph said:

These days, I only wear sneakers if I'm running or at the gym (which is never, lol).

 

A) I have to wear oxfords/dress shoes every day at work, and they're usually uncomfortable as fuck, EXCEPT the Cole Haan's with nike air soles, which sounds gimmicky but is actually super comfortable. Only dress shoes that haven't torn up my heal and been covered in blood within the first two days of ownership.

 

B) For regular non work stuff I usually wear a pair of Doc Martens 1460s, but of the Made in China variety of Docs I can only recommend the Napa Leather ones. They hold up well, wear well, and break in quickly, and look like vintage Docs after a week or so. Everyone else seems to suggest other (non-UK) Docs fall apart in a month or so, and the newer, more expensive "Proudly Made in the UK" 1460s apparently take forever to break in.

 

More comfy than sneakers imo, although if you're a half size like me you might need to add an insert (the brand's own inserts are apparently intended to reduce interior space by a half size when placed over the original insole, I can confirm this works really well):

 

 

If your dress shoes are cutting your ankles, then either you're wearing too big of a size, or your socks are too thin. There should be no vertical movement of your foot in a shoe.

It's the almost mandatory break-in period for good quality dress shoes that causes the chafing and subsequent blood loss. Once a dress shoe is broken in, it's fine. Until someone looks inside and asks why the leather appears to be tanned significantly darker in the ankle area. That would be a pretty weird person, though.

While post-break-in dress shoes are fine in terms of fit, the Nike Air soles in Cole Haans are really much more comfortable, both at initial break in period and over years of ownership) than any other dress shoe I've tried. Maybe $1000 can buy something comparable, but the CHs are only in the $100-250 range.

(I have these

http://www.zappos.com/cole-haan-air-carter-split-burgundy

http://www.zappos.com/cole-haan-air-jackson-3-eye-black-nappa

for work)

Got a pair very similar to this that I've worn, like, once.

And I've got these, but they are all darker blue and white, leather. Better looking than these ones. Fucking epic shoes, i love them.

don't know if i've posted but i'm rocking these

Gravis (skate) has been putting out some really solid footwear if anyone's into a more simple style of shoes look into it.

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:49 PM, Dan C said:

  On 1/6/2012 at 11:41 AM, verticalhold said:

not sure what's going on there ^

 

What would you like me to explain?

some sort of hybrid shoe, no problem, they just confuse me a bit

  On 1/7/2012 at 12:18 AM, JW Modestburns said:

  On 1/6/2012 at 9:28 PM, Gary C said:

Boom, unboxed.

 

 

Fuck you, cat! I like them!

 

flol

I just ordered these bad bwois (no hipster)

what are those dropp? that's pretty much exactly what I've been looking for for months!

edit: oh keds? shit I don't know if I can do that! lol

but it's exactly what I've been looking for. shit.