i wear a lotta standard beat up low top canvas chucks. it's hard to rly explain why they suit my vibe altho currently they work with my hairdo in a paranoid vietnam vet style I SUPPOSE. chucks are v much another ils topic where you'll find me mumbling about not fucking with their essence man
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 11:11 (seven years ago) link
one time i thought an outfit needed a little more menswear zhuzh so i switched the laces for string to create the illusion of wabi sabi artisanalism. pro tip
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 11:18 (seven years ago) link
tho that sounds commendable, I would suggest that 'wabi sabi chuck taylors' is mb stretching it
otoh I have ordered some veja's (ta ilx) with the rationale behind my preferred pair being that they remind me of the exceptionally lint-covered floor of my oldest friend's childhood home
― ogmor, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 11:49 (seven years ago) link
I enjoy being the only person wearing yellow kix - onisuka tigers - in the winter
― calstars, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 12:34 (seven years ago) link
some of these vejas are cute but i might weary of explaining the brand identity displayed proudly on the heel
http://www.veja-store.com/en/home/685-memory-burgundy-clementine.html
these are so disappointing!! fake nike footscape wovens actually made from bits of bark and carpet and bottle tops would be p admirable
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 13:01 (seven years ago) link
well, more than they look they already are i mean
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 13:03 (seven years ago) link
― calstars, Tuesday, January 24, 2017 7:34 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark
bruce lee shoes?
― 龜, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
They're a bit bulkier / built out than the old gym trainers
― calstars, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
i have some yellow kix
http://i.imgur.com/rlOzMVD.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
lagoon is an alt right
― gr8080, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
he is its dapper new face
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 16:02 (seven years ago) link
Imagine if alt righters started adopting lagoon's laid back mien. I wouldn't know what to trust anymore, aesthetically.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
alt right can pry my nb from my cold dead feet
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
https://www.aperfectdealer.com/424-large_default/new-balance-vazee-710.jpg
Just saw some NB high tops that looked cool. Not these but close
― calstars, Thursday, 26 January 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
https://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/NB/m530mob_nb_14_i?wid=640&hei=600
I got these because they were $30
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 26 January 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Game recognize game
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Friday, 27 January 2017 00:02 (seven years ago) link
quite like these, tho they might be a bit socky as we move towards spring.
http://www.adidas.co.uk/eqt-support-ultra-primeknit-shoes/BB1241.html
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:35 (seven years ago) link
white part looks like cottage cheese
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:36 (seven years ago) link
I've always seen it as more of a rice cake effect
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
apparently it's hard to clean
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 February 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
speaking of hard to clean, I like these new Converse but suede and the Irish climate don't really go together in my experience
https://www.thedropdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Sage-Elsesser-x-Converse-CONS-One-Star-CC-Pro-blue-angled.jpg
― Number None, Thursday, 9 February 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
suede shoes are the worst
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 February 2017 09:39 (seven years ago) link
i regret to inform you that your opinion is bad
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:22 (seven years ago) link
forest green suede pumas, burgundy suede sambas, row upon row of indie front-end developers with canvas courier bags dotted with band pins, stretching infinitely to the horizon
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link
Suede is manageable if you are sad enough to buy suede protector and check the weather forecast before putting your shoes on every day.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:38 (seven years ago) link
trace those things suck ass whatever they're made of. don't upbraid the suede
checking the weather before you go out is... not rly that sad i'd say
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:39 (seven years ago) link
Oh for sure, but like checking if it's likely to rain for even an hour while you're at work, to wear suede boots, it does feel extremely attentive.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:46 (seven years ago) link
I was indicting myself if that's not clear
I have suede shoes at work and wear tougher shoes on the journey in, it's genuinely no bother
― ogmor, Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:48 (seven years ago) link
obv wouldnt wear them in deepest winter filth and i'm not claiming i havent suffered too but suede is still a good deal hardier than ppl squeam
if they're that much of an attention outlier then tbh you've probably been neglecting your leather
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:54 (seven years ago) link
i should probably at this point confess that i derive a deep fetishistic zen satisfaction from shoe cleaning and watching youtube videos of people doing it so ymmv
haha yeah i got some of trainer cleaner stuff a while back and it is quite satisfying. tho i enjoy washing up more : /
tbh the perpetual necessity of mundane tasks and the tiny sense of satisfaction that comes when they're done is a nice consistent pleasure in a world where so much else is beyond control.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
fuck washing a shoe
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/_qAfbuldwR0
this isnt perhaps my most asmr-satisfactory favourited shoe cleaning video but it is p enjoyable given that it's deedeegero from the gerogerigegege
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
i realise this is not kix pertinent
liked both nn and lg's picks, partic the retro runner x knit mashup of the latter since mnml future shoes arent my thing
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
polishing shoes is def therapeutic for me
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
polishing shoes is a wonderful activity
― marcos, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
sometimes u put them on the next day and think damn.... these shiny as fuck.... that's too much sauce
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
drippin
― Spottie, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2016/12/most-expensive-sneakers-2016/
The NMDs are alright but most of these just look like clown shoes
― calstars, Saturday, 18 February 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
http://sneakernews.com/2017/02/13/nike-vapormax-pure-platinum/
strangely arousing y2k bubblevibes
― r|t|c, Saturday, 18 February 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
huhhttps://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-custom-Converse-58ac6a294e95a325901f76a5
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
need some new crepes for spring/summer. Adidas or Nike? Fly knit or superstar? Boost? Zoom? NMD? Presto? LunarCharge? This is a world I know very little about... but I do want some str8 fire beautiful kix
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 9 March 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
ive been having a bit of a shoe shopping crisis myself
feel like its harder to find cool but original shoes that arent either mainly tasteful or scarce purely due to obscene pricing
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
kind of feeling the nmd city sock 2
http://sneakerbardetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/adidas-nmd-city-sock-2-primeknit-BA7189.jpg
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
it is absolutely crazy to me that kids these days prefer adidas to both jordan and nike
how did that happen? was it the yeezys?
― the late great, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
NMDs
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
not sure that's actually true tho is it?
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
that kids prefer adidas? it absolutely is true
I myself have settled into a comfortable routine of buying nothing but a new pair of white zoom tennis classics every couple of months
― the late great, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
if i see a 20 something they tend to be wearing nike roshes
or are we talking about kids as in actual kids?
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 21:50 (seven years ago) link