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arguewithatree  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 22, 2015

yas shoes. i'm obscenely jealous of men's shoes because of their simplicity. my new boss is wearing a stellar pair of double monkstraps today and I'm sure it took him no time at all to choose them out of his closet wherein I had to try and predict how much walking I was going to do, whether I had sock liners to wear, what my plans after work are etc. before I made my decision.

guilty: skipped it last week when I said I was going to go because of gut trouble (see post elsewhere in pub about recent surgery), but I have started tracking my food on MFP again





ecib  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Allen Edmonds Park Avenue when I'm feeling dressy. Which is not often as I'm a jeans and tee shirt kinda guy. But these were a nice investment. 360 degree Goodyear welt, calfskin upper, and for the life of the shoe, the company will completely re-craft them. It may be a decade before I'd even need to look into that, but these are seriously kicks I could have for the rest of my life. When I was buying them, there was an old man in the shop that was wearing a pair of his that were over 20 years old and they looked fantastic.

steve  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I knew you were a closet republican.

ecib  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Please. It looks great today and tomorrow. Nothing wrong with a classic. I will grant you that fact that George Bush wore them during his inauguration though.

steve  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

bwahahahaha... of course, I kid... (I think Ron made them popular in the 80s.)

And I'm not knocking them. I've picked them off the shelf several times. I would love to buy a pair, but the toe always feels a bit too snug for me. I like a wider toe box.

arguewithatree  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Meriadoc luuuuvs his allen edmonds. as do i. they are beautiful and a great investment.

kleinbl00  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Double monkstraps sounds like something you would curse an enemy with in Harry Potter.

I bought my first pair of Carolina 118s in 1991. They finally gave up the ghost, after two resolings and some serious leather work, in 2006. This new pair suffered a little in the 405 adventure but I suspect they'll carry me through 2021 at least.

arguewithatree  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

and magical they are

War  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, I have to think about comfort too, but not as much. It wasn't until recently that I really started getting into men's footwear.

No guilt, that's a legitimate issue that needed tending to. Stay focused and keep it up!

arguewithatree  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·  

:')

War  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As an off-hand remark in regards to men's style. It is so unbelieveably expensive, and as a college student it is even worse. I mean I would love a pair of double monkstraps, but I can't really drop like 200 for a nice pair. On top of the fact you can't just buy shoes like those and not have an outfit to go along with it. It's crazy...

arguewithatree  ·  3442 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's true but it's been my experience that men's stuff is actually built to last. Brands that I used to trust to last a decent amount of time have degraded in quality recently. Lots of things cost $200 in the women's fashion world but you can still end up with shite.