Buggerit, why doesn't anyone make good shoes.

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Or rather any that I'd wish to buy. This is evidened by the fact that I'm still wearing a pair of 3 year old birkenstocks with a hole worn right through one of them, the other just about to go. I figure it's sticking with the very comfortable walking boots. Maybe I shoudl wear calvelry boots or something.

anyway.

Show me good shoes so I can not like them as well.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I am having a very similar problem, and it is only going to get worse because I don't just need a goodlooking pair of shoes, but one that FIT PROPERLY and do not hurt, as my ankle problem gets worse and worse and I'm becoming convinced that maybe it does have something to do with poor shoes after all.

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

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― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

this won't help you, ed, but after an impassioned search for a decent pair of sandals recently, i finally found one i liked... at the naturalizer. oh god, i'm wearing sensible shoes!

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I even tried Clarks because they are supposed to be SENSIBLE SHOES but even they made my feet hurt!

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

fit is an eternal problem. I have long narrow feet and will not, absolutely not, buy ill-fitting shoes and finding shoes tat will fit properly is a bloody nightmare.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Freelance boutique, 253 King's Road SW3 !!

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I may try the Natural shoe store this weekend but I have a feeling a lot of their shoes are vegan friendly and therefore made of plastic or some such rubbish.

Tracer. I am not buying shoes from SW3.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Oddly, they look really scrappy in this picture. Maybe they just aren't photogenic.

http://www2.airnet.ne.jp/alden/image/9989.jpg

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

SLipons are a definate no-no, they slip off.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I renewed my Costco membership at the cost of $40 just so I could get their Kirkland Court Classics tennis shoes for $15. I'm on my 4th pair.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

well i got mine from the Freelance boutique on Spring St in New York (this was in 1998, before it closed) although i will admit they had a $100 sale, where everything in the store was being sold for $100 or less.. made by J-B Rautureau, they've been resoled twice and show no sign of breaking down despite having trod NYC streets almost every day for five years i.e. they are "good shoes"

xpost haha Ed i can't wait until later this eve

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Dansko clogs are supposedly very good for bad feet, and very expensive to boot.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

True and true, jocelyn. But I've worn my pair more or less daily for two years or so, and they're still going strong.

― quincie, Friday, 10 September 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Slip-ons don't have to slip off. I have yet to find a lace-up dress shoe that does not cause me a lot of pain.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

very narrow feet. Noone makes a slip on snug enough for my feet.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Are Mediaeval shoes any good, the look comfortable but far from hard wearing

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http://www.plantagenetshoes.freeserve.co.uk/

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I recommend Campers.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm bored of campers. I've been wearing them for the last five years or so.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I have the opposite problem - too many shoes, not enough cash! But also the same problem with narrow feet, especially heels. I wish I could recommend elasticated slingbacks to a chap :)

If you're feeling flush and they're going to last you years like the last pair, what about a pair of Church's?

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Plantagenet shoes?!?!? Those look GRATE!!! I want them!

Did they have awful foot problems in the middle ages? Well, they didn't have tarmac back then, and walking on mud offers different muscular problems than walking on hard surfaces... hrmmmm...

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

ALso , I'm not terribly flush at the moment, sister's birthday and a wedding to buy gifts for.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Ecco's are grebt. Best shoes I've ever worn.

― mcd (mcd), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Rigger boots look more and more attractive by the day, apart fromnot being suitable with any of my work trousers.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

It's difficult. I want something durable, comfortable and sensible without being clumpy.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Barkers or Loakes. Classic. They will hurt for about a month, but they look so much better (and last much better) than anything else.

― ___ (___), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Just had a look at some Loakes. The width fittings are all E and F I need B maybe C.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

gogling narrow fit mens shoes/boots is fruitless.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

gel soles are the answer to all your problems

― sexyDancer, Friday, 10 September 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)

that sounds clumpy

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I really like Born shoes...

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

you just slip em in your normal shoes. they make thin soled shoes bearable, prevent foot odor, the lot.

― sexyDancer, Friday, 10 September 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

how do US width fittings work?

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:20 (twenty-one years ago)

gel inserts are amazing. i'd be lost (and in a lot of pain) without them, as i've never knowingly bought a pair of sensible shoes in the past 10 years.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

What do I have to go through to find a shoe that fits properly without insoles (Superfeet are my preferred choice, the force the feet into the correct shape).

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i sympathize with the narrowness issue (another reason why i love the gel inserts). my feet are almost freakish in that respect, which is probably why i love the oft-demonized pointy-toe style so much.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, wierd size shoe shops in the UK are all geared towards super wide feet.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

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