someproteinguy wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
How do you live with just a single pair of shoes?
You wear the same blue jeans and whatever shirt happens to be on top of the pile 95% of the time.
I guess I have a couple of pairs of dress shoes that get worn once a year if I'm lucky. There's a pair of decent running shoes and a pair of flip flops that see some action, but that's about all I can claim.
Dressing simple makes life simple.
But you still need some boots for winter, some summer shoes (sneakers, loafers, boat shoes depending on your style) you can wear with shorts, some fancy dress shoes for under suits or two pairs in different colours if you wear a suit to work daily since those shoes shouldn't be worn 2 days in a row. Then maybe a pair of CDB's since they're a cheap versatile and durable shoe for casual wear.
Sir Xsarus wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Sir Xsarus wrote:
400 euros seems like a horrifyingly high amount to pay for shoes.
Depens on what sort of shoe you're buying. Sneakers then yeah it is but for high end fashion it's more or less to be expected because handmade, limited production etc.
For high quality dress boots or shoes you're starting at around €200 or so and if you look at custom made shoes then that €400 is probably in need of another zero.
The pfoblem woth the sneakers for me is that you don't find the models I like outside of the fancy designer brands. Even sneakers like Rick Owens Geobaskets don't have a cheaper alternative (and they're €750ish). Other more out there designs like say Damir Doma Falco's are never going to be found for less than the €600+ pricetag they have unless they go on sale which is fairly unlikely.
Sir Xsarus wrote:
400 euros seems like a horrifyingly high amount to pay for shoes.
Eh, $20 seems like a horrifyingly high amount to pay for a single bottle of beer, $500 seems like a horrifyingly high amount to pay for dinner at a restaurant, $2000 seems like a horrifyingly high amount for a PC, $1.6 million seems like a horrifyingly high amount to pay for a car etc.
The people buying those $500-1000 sneakers are into fashion and willing to pay for something special, it's a hobby and not just things you need to not be naked just like beer is a hobby for you and me and not just something you drink to get drunk. If you just want something between your feet and the pavement, $100-250 will get you a good pair of whatever sort you prefer (or $50 in case of sneakers, Vans Authentic are pretty great) but if you want something really special you'll have to pay for it.
