# Saddle shoes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404 "2002-04-13T05:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/1 "2002-04-13T05:41:26Z")
[http://www.muffys.com/modern\_traditional.html](http://www.muffys.com/modern_traditional.html) Last time I had a pair of these, I was riding on the back of my brother’s bike and got my shoe caught in the back spokes. Painful deal. I just ordered a pair of the CM-250s. I thought about the green and white ones, but went for the classic black and white. I think the men’s styles look cool, too. My ten year old daughter is mortified - says I’m going to look like a clown. Granted, there will be limited outfits that will go with these (I’m thinking khaki pants and white oxford cloth shirt). What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/2 "2002-04-13T05:48:28Z")
Aw, man, saddle shoes!! They were, like, all the rage at St. Margaret’s School when I was a kid. It was cool, because they were popular yet approved footwear. I sooooo wanted a pair, but, oh, no, _I_ had to wear big brown weird-ass orthopedic clunkers from Van Dyke and Bacon because I had messed-up legs!! Yeah, saddle shoes were the shit. I lusted from afar! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/3 "2002-04-13T05:50:12Z")
Go for it, Creaky. Don’t be chicken. Join me… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/4 "2002-04-13T05:52:11Z")
“Muffy’s Modern Traditional”?!? \*…backing away slowly from the insane people… \* ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/5 "2002-04-13T06:08:09Z")
**JillGat** , I did it! I just ordered the saddle shoe number CM-250. Baby! I feel so cool!! I feel so… liberated!! Now I just need to dig out that old plaid skirt, oxford shirt, and roller skates, and I’ll be the coolest girl in the neighborhood!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/6 "2002-04-13T06:12:00Z")
One down, 21,179 to go. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/7 "2002-04-13T06:19:34Z")
I loved my saddle shoes when I was in school. Of course, this was a rural/suburban public school in the early 1990’s. I was the only girl in my class who had a pair. But I loved 'em anyway! Heck, I loved 'em _because_ I was the only girl who had a pair. They were _special_ and they were _mine_. I had a pair of saddle shoes (not the same pair, but a pair at any given time) from the time I was six until I was twelve. And when I was 12 I wore 'em to a sock hop with a homemade wool-felt poodle skirt and won a prize for best outfit. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/8 "2002-04-13T07:42:26Z")
I haven’t seen saddle shoes since I was in grade school! Mine were brown and white and large as I had really big feet for my age. Saddle shoes just seemed to accentuate that unfortunately. And I seem to remember kilties too. Only dad didn’t like them so mom took them off the shoes. Um, think I’ll pass for right now. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/9 "2002-04-13T07:43:15Z")
I have a pair that I bought a few years back when I was actively swing dancing (2-3 times a week) that are specially made for dancers. They’re light as a feather and have excellent arch & heel support–I love them, but as I don’t dance like I used to, I don’t wear them much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/10 "2002-04-13T10:22:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > \*\*[http://www.muffys.com/modern\_traditional.html](http://www.muffys.com/modern_traditional.html) > > \ I thought about the green and white ones, but went for the classic black and white… \ Granted, there will be limited outfits that will go with these (I’m thinking khaki pants and white oxford cloth shirt). > > What do you think? \*\* I think if I see you or any other Doper Wumman wearing an outfit like this, I will be incinerated with lust. Oops, can I say that to a Mod? Don’t ban me! Please! Seriously, that is a savvy fashion statement that only a confident and sexy woman can make. Go for it, **Jill**. It sounds like something Betty Bacall would be seen wearing in the early 1950s. And there ain’t a damn thing wrong with that. Oh, and if you can find a masculine-styled hat to wear with it, like a fedora or something, I swear I won’t be responsible for my testosterone. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/11 "2002-04-13T12:05:43Z")
Flash back to the early 1970’s. Platform shoes, 3 inch heals, about an inch thick in the front. White and blue saddle shoes. Yep, I had a pair and wore them regularly. Of course with a pair of bell bottom cuffed pants, shirt with baggy sleeves. I even had the long hair too. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/12 "2002-04-13T14:11:49Z")
Oh god now there are memories I didn’t need to be dredged up! The hell of religious school!!! NO MAKE IT GO AWAY!!! ---
**Author:** ![cagiva650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cagiva650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cagiva650)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/13 "2002-04-13T14:27:22Z")
Cool! I like the reverse saddle, but I thought they would be updated with a chunky lug soles, and they don’t they look an awful lot like golf shoes? How about a plaid skirt and knee socks to go with em? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/14 "2002-04-13T15:14:40Z")
Now see, I think a dress or skirt with these shoes - for an adult woman - would be a big mistake. Opal, I never went to religious school, so my only bad saddle shoe memories were getting one caught in the spokes! I think you should get some of these shoes and take back the power. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/15 "2002-04-14T00:13:54Z")
**OpalCat** , stay strong! Don’t give in to their subtle psychological ploys. “Modern Traditional”! Hmmph! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/16 "2002-04-14T01:50:54Z")
Yep, seventh grade pep squad. They were like the LB230’s. We’re big B I G! We’re bad B A D, and we’re boss, B O S S B O S S boss! Defense! Defense! Push’em back, Pull’em back any way to get’em back, way back! Oh um ok flashback is over :o ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/17 "2002-04-14T02:21:34Z")
I want the Mary Janes. You have no idea how hard it is to find a pair of plane, black, low-heeled, attractive mary janes. ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/18 "2002-04-14T02:43:56Z")
Love it! I have a pair I drag out of the closet from time to time from the 80’s. They are grey suede with a light pink saddle n light pink laces. Oddly enough, it’s the men who always comment on how cool my shoes are. I hate pink, so I don’t wear em often. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/19 "2002-04-14T02:55:55Z")
Oh, I would dearly love to have a pair of saddle shoes. And Maryjanes. Sadly, I have no money with which to purchase said extravagances of footwear. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-shoes/103404/20 "2002-04-14T03:51:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > \*\*I want the Mary Janes. You have no idea how hard it is to find a pair of plane, black, low-heeled, attractive mary janes. \*\* Update: The Mary Janes are going to come out in red soon, too.