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what shoes do you wear?

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 20:00

What shoes/boots/trainers/sandals do you wear? and with what? (style, make, that kind of thing).

I need some more shoes, and have no inspiration. My brain has just stopped working.

Inspire me please

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MummyAnnabella · 27/05/2009 21:04

madam - you critise my shoes and then say you shop at birkenstock and boden?!!!!! now that is ugly!!!

seriously i challenge anyone to try these on and then tell me what they think - you need to see them on. and they are so not girly i would call these basic go with everything wear everyday shoes. would never wear on a night out.

it was not the beauty but the practicalness i was pointing out.

Washersaurus · 27/05/2009 21:06

I wear either:-

Holey suede Campers

Holey Rocket Dog pumps

If it rains I wear a leather pair of Campers (which are bit too bulky for my taste these days)

Until they wore out I wore my Birkenstocks in the summer

I have a pair of Hunter wellies for other misc activities (probably the only footwear I have that don't have holes in)

and yes, I'm skint!

BunnyLebowski · 27/05/2009 21:08

Converse Converse and more Converse for me. Always the high top ones. I have pink, white, gold and

these Sailor Jerry ones

For rare nights out I wear

[http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office/flora_pompom_peeptoe/37/1591/3596/1/ these]]

In summer birkies or flipflops. NEVER crocs!

BunnyLebowski · 27/05/2009 21:09

Grr I mean...

www.office.co.uk/womens/office/flora_pompom_peeptoe/37/1591/3596/1/

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 21:11

love the poison converse bunny!!! perhaps not good in my profession but I do like them!

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BunnyLebowski · 27/05/2009 21:17

Are you a medic pavlov?

I love them, they're my favourite shoes ever!

Even at work (a smart office) my signature look is a fitted top, really good wide-ish leg black trousers and my cons!

cocolepew · 27/05/2009 21:18

these are the boots I wear, but in black.

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 21:21

coco - LOVE those boots

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 21:22

Bunny - no i work with drug addicts and murderers!

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cocolepew · 27/05/2009 21:26

They are very comfy. You can get mid calf or knee highs. I'm going to get the brown in the winter.

dairymoo · 27/05/2009 21:26

Medium length chocolate Uggs in winter.
Black and white converse in spring/autumn.
Silver birkenstocks in summer.

Ocassional outings in black Prada ballet pumps and leather Rainbow flip flops thrown in for good measure.

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 21:28

diarymoo oh prada how very nice!

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whyme2 · 27/05/2009 21:36

I wear my Sketchers a lot, and my dunlops, which are very similar to converse. In winter it is boots or trainers.
Lurve those boots, definately on my list.

dairymoo · 27/05/2009 21:42

They were actually given to me by a friend who never wore them.
Yes that's right.
Never wore Prada.
I don't get it either, but happily skipped away with pretty shoes tucked under my elbow.

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 21:44
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ohdearwhatamess · 27/05/2009 21:44

Bergaus walking boots or Huntress wellies for dog walking (depending on rain levels and grass/wheat height).

Birkenstocks, 6 pairs thereof, in summer for out and about.

Flip flops (Accessorize, I think), 2 pairs, around the house or garden in summer

Duo boots for winter - don't like them but they were the only thing wide enough to fit my freaky feet

Ecco shoes, 3 pairs, for days when it is too warm for boots but too cold for Birkenstocks

bloss · 27/05/2009 21:53

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Grattage · 27/05/2009 23:11

anabella

they are shit

TheDuchessOfNorksBride · 27/05/2009 23:39

pav, please resist all this good press that the Birkies are getting. Silver, patent, whatever. They are horrid.

Converse are alright (if you like that sort of thing).

Wedges are must-have. Ditto ballet flats.

Sandals with straps around the ankle are everywhere this year but unless you have a 36" inside leg then, I think, they make legs look stumpy shorter.

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pavlovthecat · 27/05/2009 23:45

Duchesse My mother wore birkies...i am not entirely convinced on them, but some kind of sandals, yes I need (not silver i might add!).

I am going to buy some wedge shoes tomorrow, and probably a pair of dark blue converse boots if they do such a colour, and I might get another paid of 3 inch court type shoes (you know like the peep-toe style, but without the peep toe).

Do I sound fashionable enough? Along with my new Citizens of Humanity jeans? .

Oh and DH has said he will buy me those Fly boots, in brown, and knee high but I can't have em until winter !! - but...he also said he had a pair of Fly trainers (dont recall them) and they were not the best quality. I reminded him none of his shoes last, but is their quality ok

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lilacclaire · 27/05/2009 23:45

Brown leather ballet pumps with jeans (look at bit more chunky than flimsy ones)

white really flat sole trainers with combats

sometimes brown boots with a medium stilleto heel with my jeans.

Flipflops with cropped trousers in better weather.

cocolepew · 28/05/2009 08:04

my Birkies are lovely.

mrsmaidamess · 28/05/2009 10:27

I loathe these, with veiny feet poking out Yuck

bloss · 28/05/2009 10:34

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TheDuchessOfNorksBride · 28/05/2009 11:33

coco - that link really isn't helping your argument.