# OK, women: buy me some shoes. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-women-buy-me-some-shoes/626206 "2012-06-25T02:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-women-buy-me-some-shoes/626206/41 "2012-06-27T00:18:05Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Incidentally, I’ve heard red jeans are the new thing. Your thoughts? My belief is never be fashion forward unless you’re prepared to put your clothes in the closet for 5, 10 years and wait for them to come back into style or your kid decides they’re cool and takes them. Fortunately Red, Green, Yellow pants/jackets etc, are very traditional in the [‘preppy’](http://www.google.com/imgres?start=124&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1440&bih=785&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=mogKHEQf3ogLAM:&imgrefurl=http://talliroland.blogspot.com/2012/04/curious-case-of-red-trousers.html&docid=6r41pcG-0C7PiM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hLOQKPAp0eM/T4WAOOD_oUI/AAAAAAAAD0U/oziP8suhKe0/s1600/rye-red-480x345.jpg&w=480&h=345&ei=jlDqT5X0Ocfj0gHTg4nWAQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=333&sig=114091095638912278578&page=4&tbnh=141&tbnw=178&ndsp=42&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:124,i:208&tx=94&ty=66) demographic, so no worries on that front. Also it’s great that the colors are being co-oped into something more [dynamic](http://www.trashness.com/page/111). That being said, your are [correct](http://essentialismo.blogspot.com/2011/09/spring-trend-red-pants-for-men.html); (these are chinos, but it’s the same theory), but I think you have to be [careful](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1440&bih=742&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=Ltxb3pdzOqnZ2M:&imgrefurl=http://famewatcher.com/guys-in-red-denim-jeans-jonathan-rhys-meyers-irish-hunk.html&docid=Rt8I3sdl3YRV4M&imgurl=http://famewatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chris-brown-red-pants.jpg&w=300&h=450&ei=tkvqT67yDImF0QH5wdCnAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=843&vpy=217&dur=230&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=96&ty=127&sig=114091095638912278578&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=87&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:96) how you put the whole look [together](http://www.google.com/imgres?start=257&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1440&bih=742&addh=104&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=rs8ws16jnx5ewM:&imgrefurl=http://www.trashness.com/page/6/&docid=WkZA19jV8XsyPM&imgurl=http://www.trashness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Red-pants-blue-shirt-venice-venezia-trashness-founder-lookbook-prep-preppy.jpg_effected.jpg&w=2104&h=2448&ei=TU7qT9fuI5Lk6QH4rtXPAQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=524&sig=114091095638912278578&page=10&tbnh=165&tbnw=160&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:257,i:30&tx=88&ty=90). If you have the confidence to wear it, you should; but keep in mind, there will be haters. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-women-buy-me-some-shoes/626206/42 "2012-06-27T02:48:00Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Speacking of skechers, Skecher’s sneaker/casual shoe hybrids, that look like [this](http://www.zappos.com/skechers-urbantrack-browser-black)-ish are good. They have a number of very similar but slightly different variations. My husband swears by 'em. I was worried about posting in this thread. I have a bad tendency to stick to Sketchers Mariners, water seal them into a darker shade of brown, and wear them until the sides wear out. I still have an unopened gray box in my closet for when the ones I’m wearing right now become “painting shoes”. I came here to look at what I should be wearing…and I found a pleasant surprise. Thank You…! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-women-buy-me-some-shoes/626206.md?page=2)