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Perfect plimsolls?

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perfectlybroken · 08/02/2015 08:56

Can anyone help me to find something similar to these but in a darker grey?

I know there are loads of this type of thing, but I like the rounded toe, and all the other plimsolls I've seen seem to be a more pointed toe.
I'd also consider a ballet flat type thing with a rounded toe, in dark grey.

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/02/2015 09:53

Converse?

I have a charcoal pair that are darker- but they do come up a bit narrow (I'm a skinny feet type though)

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perfectlybroken · 08/02/2015 12:19

Yeah I like the converse ones, and they would remind me of my youth Grin but not sure I like the narrowness of them. I'm thinking of getting the rocketdog ones and dyeing them!

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lurkingaround · 08/02/2015 12:31

I love these Bensimon ones, love love love them. Nostalgia or summat like that. Bring me back to childhood. Aren't they lovely? But they're not cheaper than your eBay onesSad.

I think Next might have done something v similar last year or 2 summers ago for about a tenner. So keep an eye.

lurkingaround · 08/02/2015 13:47

I like your Rocketdog ones a lot.

Have a look here too. Possibly not as nice as your Rocketdog but you might get the right colour?

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perfectlybroken · 08/02/2015 15:46

lurking I've looked at the bensimon ones and quite like them but find the rubber toe a big. Perhaps I'm looking for attainable perfection!
Your link didn't work, can you try it again Smile

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TheBuskersDog · 08/02/2015 16:01

I have these Superga in Grey Sage www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EP5S0C/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE, there's also a darker grey, but they may not be as round toed as you want.

noddyholder · 08/02/2015 16:27

I have bensimmons love them look great in summer

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 08/02/2015 16:48

Skechers bobs? www.skechers.co.uk/style/33537/bobs-utopia-peace-sign/char

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perfectlybroken · 08/02/2015 19:30

Ooh some great suggesions thanks. Got your link to work lurking and I love those. That exact style they don't have in my size but lots of similar ones so might for for them

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HandMini · 08/02/2015 19:37

www.victoria-plimsolls.co.uk/women/slip-on-plimsolls/

I love these. Definitely best for narrow feet though.

noddyholder · 08/02/2015 19:48

LOVE those I need the green and am on a shopping ban!

iwantgin · 08/02/2015 20:11

I love supergas.

Always manage to get them in the sale too.

V comfortable and go in the washing machine.

lurkingaround · 08/02/2015 21:09

Great you got the link to work. Will link again just in case. Here's the grey page but it's worth having a look around the site.

southeastastra · 08/02/2015 21:10

2nd supergas

Ihateparties · 08/02/2015 21:14

Camper??

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perfectlybroken · 08/02/2015 22:35

Hmm, like the Victoria ones as well, not keen on the grey but the purple are nice. Wow now I have choice!

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perfectlybroken · 08/02/2015 22:39

Grin supergas and campers don't have a toe bit, I Ike a toe bit, just not too big a toe bit

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perfectlybroken · 09/02/2015 09:20

What do you folks think about these. Not plimsolls but similarly summary and I quite like the shape.

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perfectlybroken · 09/02/2015 09:21

summary?? Confused summery!

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lurkingaround · 09/02/2015 09:40

Oohhh, no, they wouldn't be my choice. Sorry, not keen on those at all.

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perfectlybroken · 14/02/2015 16:06

if anyone is still around and interested in my fascinating Hmm plimsoll hunt, I think I've decided on these or these which do you like best?
I'm erring towards the ballet style as I like to be able to slip shoes on and off without faffing, always good with a child in each arm...

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lurkingaround · 14/02/2015 16:55

I much prefer the regular plimsolls (not the ballet ones) do I do get the relief of a slip-on with a child in each arm....

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perfectlybroken · 15/02/2015 12:29

went for the regular ones (and got them in the sale), I'll do the laces loosely! Thanks lurking for your contribution to my plimsoll decision!

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