I would go to an Army-Navy supply store and buy paratrooper jump boots before I'd pay $180 for those. Admittedly the color is cheering, but overall it wouldn't be a good trade-off for me.
Another thing: I don't know how warm they'd be, the website specifies that they're waterproof but says NOTHING about any kind of insulation...? Also I have a beef with the catalog copy, it says "perfect for jeans". Jeans?? What kind of jeans can you pull ABOVE YOUR KNEES to lace up a 14" boot shaft? Puhleeze. Maybe my GAP overalls from college.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Fair enough.. I've never worn Timberlands but I see them up here on people all the time and they generally look warm! It's funny that you suggest paratrooper boots because I was a total army boots girl for years and years before buying a few pairs of classic black boots. Hah. I figured the only way I could go was crazy red and rugged soled! I will keep looking..
― Finefinemusic, Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmmm! Well, there are a couple of ex-Army boots types around here, so you're in good company (quincie?).
Did you look at Sorel? We used to have their kids' boots when I was little, and just keep handing them down in the family...I'd trust 'em, and I kind of like these!
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
DUDE HOW CUTE ARE THESE IN HERRINGBONE??@??
http://doddsshoe.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/media/8221.jpg
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.rabanser.com/es/images/m/tecnica_moon-boots_schwarz_black.jpg
i have these for when the weather turns really serious. they come off at the office, of course. if it's just mildly gross outside, i wear these (from sporto; insulated, which is v. important):
http://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/100/0/AAAAArci_HIAAAAAAQAJWQ.jpg
― lauren, Thursday, 25 September 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.zappos.com/images/743/7439617/5007-691791-d.jpg
sort of an impulse buy a couple weeks agodark burgundy patent
― regular guy, scranton, pennsylvania (daria-g), Friday, 26 September 2008 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not sure what to think about shoes like this
http://www.payless.com/Images/600x600/064100_7_600x600.jpg
i don't think i "get" peep toe boots
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
those have more problems than just the peep toe. but yeah, it's kind of weird.
i just tried on the corso como boots i mentioned upthread, and unfortunately they're really slouchy through the ankle. nothing against slouchy boots, but that's so not what i want!
― lauren, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ha yeah i perhaps did not pick the best example of shoe but the peep toe just really stuck out at me on that one for some reason.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I have the worst taste in the world, but I'm looking for some boot type shoes. What do you guys think of these?
http://www.zappos.com/images/737/7374123/6627-535664-p.jpg
― burt_stanton, Sunday, 5 October 2008 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
kind of digging this in wine, though they're not really what i need right now... http://tinyurl.com/48ygbh
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 6 October 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
burt, those are dangerously close those things I think are called Wallabys (sp?)? Thus I would say you could do better, IMHO.
― quincie, Monday, 6 October 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
burt i vote Y on those, they're nice
xpost ha, i like wallabeeshttp://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/feeling-for-desert-boots-in-summer/
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Monday, 6 October 2008 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a desert boot style ... they've been a thing in NYC for a while, I guess.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 6 October 2008 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
For a while, yeah....
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Monday, 6 October 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i have a strange compulsion to buy these: http://tinyurl.com/3f3dg7
i know it is wrong.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i am v tempted to get these (frye)http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/Shopbop/pcs/media/images/products/fryeb/fryeb2007311496/fryeb2007311496_prod_medium_v1_m56577569831164330._SX201_.jpgso ugly they are cool IMHO
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i like those! i almost bought a pair last weekend that were sort of like that, but they have a sort of golf shoe fringe across the top instead of lacing up. if that makes any sense.
― lauren, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
TZA: I dunno, I think those are a tiny bit precious but cute! Probably not a bad idea at all. Unless the quality is terrible, I didn't look that closely.
daria, I don't think they're ugly at all. But then I like Clark's, too.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Been wanting to get some Repetto Zizi's for a while
http://www.linternaute.com/acheter/accessoires-pour-homme-tendance-ete-2008/image/35403.jpg
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
^^woah; despite my better judgement, I like!
― monster (cozwn), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I got these recently; w/yellow laces
http://www.shoemall.com/assets/product_images/styles/large/620240OPT1Z.jpg
― monster (cozwn), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Photos don't really do the Repetto's justice, but...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v8BTsp_Bess/R4vfCxT3a2I/AAAAAAAAABU/y0FcYesjhD8/s1600/sergeinoffice.jpg
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i love repetto shoes.
― lauren, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Lauren, who made the very delicate brogue-styled black lace-ups you had on the other day??
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
you'll never believe it... steve madden. which explains why the "leather" already has started to flake on the toes.
― lauren, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh bah. I keep telling myself: NO MORE STEVE MADDEN. And then I hear the siren song of some glossy or metallic flat...
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i saw some boots on endless i thought were cute and then noticed "STEVE MADDEN" and did not click.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
these are the bomb! unfortunately men's shoes, they are way too big for me
CONVERSE VINTAGE 1980'S AFRICAN SNEAKERS
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Friday, 24 October 2008 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://jakandjil.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/leighchanel1.jpgchanel
― phil-two, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://jakandjil.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pierrehardy1.jpgpierre hardy
― phil-two, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm giving myself a stomachache, i want those shoes so much.
― lauren, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
omgawesome.
― Lil Nunu (ENBB), Friday, 24 October 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i need some shoes that aren't "sporty"
― my other son is a zamboni (gbx), Friday, 24 October 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
common projects (expensive) and swear (cheaper) make nice mens shoes:
http://images.asos.com/inv/P/72/997/355052/Silver/image1xl.jpghttp://images.asos.com/inv/N/72/725/259942/Black/image1xl.jpg
― phil-two, Friday, 24 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
where can I get a pair of shoes that look like these:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk73/betweenwantsandneeds/2393206790_8fdcbbf6f6_m.jpg
― warmsherry, Friday, 24 October 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
pierre hardy shoes are fully awesome. i want to tie satin boxes to all my shoes now.gun shoes, as much as i dislike guns, are freakin great - you could lay on a chaise-lounge and pretend to shoot people! i want to do this! adult cops and robbers
― terminator boyfriend (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 October 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
what do you ladies think of these Alaia heels:http://www.shoewawa.com/azzedine%20alaia%20heels%20ankle.jpg
i think they're alright, but i think they were one of the most photographed shoes this past paris season. i got at least 4 different women in them (editors of i-D, vogue nippon, tank magazine, and tinsley mortimer..)
also, theyre $1000
― phil-two, Saturday, 25 October 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
those are beautiful.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 25 October 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i actually like them. not the usual style i go for, though (ha - "go for." more like "admire from afar").
― lauren, Saturday, 25 October 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Agree and agree: beautiful AND, if you can get past the heel height, very wearable, being black and unembellished except by the pos/neg contrast of the straps.
Also they look like they would cradle your instep and ankles in glove-soft leather. Win!
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Monday, 27 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
very nicealaia can do no wrong it seems
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Monday, 27 October 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
AHAHA so the girls are allowing themselves to be peeped now?
No, Alaia does no wrong. Am mad for the molded YSL shoe boot thing and do not have £700 for anything but a new computer.
So imagine my shock and awe when visiting the charity shop on the way back from my appt. and VALENTINO COUTURE CROC-SKIN SHOE-BOOTS WITH 5' STILETTO in BLACK. FOUR BRITISH POUNDS.
These are totally taxi shoes and I'm looking fwd to basic stiletto training seeing as I've been in ballet flats all summer.
― Bedframes and Broomsticks (suzy), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
wow great score!
― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/10/portiss_post_game_style.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/IMG_1675.JPG
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
those patent red wedges from payless are growing on me
growinon mee
― warmsherry, Monday, 27 October 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
haha! yeah, i got a good one of E, but she was cagey at first then I dropped YOUR name and she was like OHHH YEAH, ok go on then. Haha, thanks for that! Then I kept seeing her at parties at like 4am and she was much nicer. Also I was drunk and confessed that I have a little crush on, um, charlie. ha ha ha ha ha. so cute...
F, on the other hand, denied me photolove a couple times, but I did manage to get one of her when I piggy backed along when a more 'famous' streetsnapper was photographing her.
― phil-two, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
here's the full photo of the lady in the pierry hardy satin box shoes:
http://streetpeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/img_1298.JPGoh, with brian reyes dress
― phil-two, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i chased her for half a block to get this photo. lucky she was in those heels and couldn't move very fast
― phil-two, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.solestruck.com/oh-deer!-strata-black-smith/index.html
wtf, with the blatant ripoff, good lord.
― claudia schefter (daria-g), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link