converse - increasingly cliched?

[SuSylvester]

god they are like a uniform. and i love mine
grr

I can't wear them. My legs are stumpy enough as it is.

yep
Whenever I put mine on, it runs through my head that I am 'a mum putting on my converse'. But I simply will not do trainers so they are the only thing available, no?
But they are pink and comfortable so I don't care really. I will admit I'm looking forward to getting some sandals and wearing them to death though

i agree justallover
mine are navy and or grey ( seaosnal natch)
and iw as at ane event yest when everyone had them on ALTHOUGH were all regretting it as it was blardy cold adn i had bIG boots on and was snug

they look fantastic on my 9 yr old dd. I feel a bit silly in them, tho

I have never tried them on
they look to narrow for my toes

really? that sucks. i still have my first pair i bought when i was 19 so i could be just like Kurt Cobain (but a bit more alive)

i can't believe they are now a "mum" shoe!?!??!!?

my dd hates them on her-she's 18 , bizarre eh

they are very safe.
l have grey too.

dd thinks they are ' a mum trying to be young shoe'

i'll slap her

i LOVE your dd
wish she was in my class

dd's got legs that go on forever & she wears superslim jeans. she has converse in lime green and red... not fair!!

But I am young.
But by very virtue of being a mother, by wearing converse I look tryhard. I wonder if I were young and childfree I would wear them though? The depressing answer is probably not. I would, naturally, be swanning around in my Very Important Job in the latest louboutins.

I have been wearing them for 20 odd years. I'm not going to stop so there

no i dont think its anythign to do with that
i think originally they were a teen thing
nwo middle aged white stuff

arf

or even JOULES

I have white slip-on ones[blush}

A teenege friend once told me they were the only thing that would allow you to climb lampposts with anti hooligan paint. Anyone care to try?

I think converse are a "classic", not a cliche.

They are not "mum shoes" here in Italy.

I'm not middle aged, and I will NOT be buying anything from Joules in the near or far distant future and I love my converse! I've had christ knows how many pairs over the years, and I can't think of any other mums at the school who wear them.

I will concede that my choice of colour is getting more conservative as the years roll by though.

Agree they are a classic.

I confess that I took the neon pink laces out of mine and replaced them with black ones

god i love converse

but they are too narrow for my flipper feet

i want a red pair

i also want these

PLEASE let them not be a Mum shoe. I am 37. I am a mum, admittedly, but I think that's still quite young

I was going to buy a pair this week.

Until dd's friend came round in a pair yesterday (aged 12).

I said "ooh, those are the expensive ones".

She said "yeah, they were forty quid but everyone has them now".

I have got the Superdry dconverse style shoes, in grey.

I did have black converse by dd borrowed them on a non-return basis. Tbh I didn't mind - I think converse are pretty uncomfortable (Superdry more padded so more comfprtable).

I did feel like a 30s woman cliche anyway with straight leg jeans and breton top.

look, we all wear a version of the same stuff anyway, dont we?

if i don't keep wearing converse, which i've been wearing for the best part of 20 freaking years, i will have to buy superga and be a Proper Mum Trying to be Young.

i have pink high tops, blue and red low tops and want white low tops, unless i buy some more birkies.

i have worn pretty much the same stuff for 2 decades ) although less tie dye and piercings these days!), about every 7 years, I am stylish !