Big ass brogues. Distinguished topsider sperries. Shiny candy apple red kitten heels. Worn white NB sneakers. $250+ Air Jordan’s.
It don’t matter, tell us what you’re wearing today! Color. Style. Brand. Shoe size. Do you have any fun facts about your shoes…or feet?
Today I’m wearing teal/beige/dark gray camo Hey Dudes. The fashionable kind of camo, not the redneck kind. Got damn these shoes are so comfy. Though they are more appropriate for warm weather, they are nice for the winter also. They are so easy to kick off. On really cold days, I like to blast the heat in my car and shift it to “floor”. Then I kick off my shoes and flex my toes under the heat. Ahhhhh it brings me close to ecstasy!
Fun fact about my feet? My right foot is one full size larger than my left. Shoes? I have a wide variety of shoes, to help me “work the room”. If im trying to pick up an artsy stoner woman, I’ll make sure to wear my Van’s. If I am trying to score some kind of deal with a “stuffed shirt” kind of guy, I’ll make sure to wear my ONs. And so on…
I have a bug and am home wearing my boiled-wool elven slippers. With heavy wool socks.
For Christmas I got a pair of knee-high mukluks that have leather lashings and make me look like a fairly goodnatured troll wife. They have thick woolen liners and are extremely warm. Made in Minnesota. I wear them at every opportunity. But mainly I wear knee high insulated rubber muck boots when I go outdoors. Not very stylin but they get the winter barn chores done and are comfortable enough to snowshoe in.
Regular looking black sneakers from Orthofeet. All of my sneakers are from Orthofeet. I don’t want to say they cured my plantar fasciitis, but my feet feel 98% better.
At work I wear Timberland titanium toed work shoes. Need the protection, and I can’t wear boots due to an old injury. At home I’m in LL Bean slippers, going out of the house not to work, Duluth trading buffalo mocs. I used to like Simple clogs, but they went through corporate crap, and now their shoes are not so good. Summertime, I’ll go with Tevas or some slides.
I had a pair of low-top Keen sneakers that I really liked but they wore out.
My current brand of low-cost casual men’s shoes is Bruno Marc. Lightweight mesh low-tops in dark brown and beige, as low as $30 on Amazon. I wear them until the soles are worn smooth, then they become house slippers and I order a new pair.
Charcoal Brooks Hyperion 2 running shoes. They have ribbed, non-slip shoelaces that I’ve never seen before. They don’t ever need to be double-tied. I don’t know why all shoelaces aren’t like that.
Well, it’s chore time, so some hideous croc-adjacent things I got at Tractor Supply, held together with chicken shit and Gorilla tape. Or is that gorilla shit and chicken tape?
At work it’s Rockport Men’s World Tour classics. The most generic of generic walking/kinda dressy casual old man shoes. Otherwise it’s going to be my Brooks Beasts for general walking and hanging out.
Both pairs have custom orthotic insoles since I have knee problems and overpronate like a duck.
I wear a size 16 extra wide (you know what they say about guys with big feet - big socks🤣) so it’s almost impossible to find shoes on sale. I know what works for me and try to stick with it and just eat the price when I have to replace them.
I have a pair of Sperry docksiders that I wear around the building. Easy on and off. I also have a pair of Brooks sneaks for general outside wear. They are paired with my orthotic supports. Lastly, I have a pair of Ugg boots in case we ever get anything resembling winter weather, which isn’t looking likely this year. Their warm and have a good grippy sole.
I bought a pair of Palladiums about ten years ago, and then bought a pair for my daughter so she could hike all the fourteeners in her new home in Colorado. Mine are still in good shape, luckily since the price has doubled
I wear only completely flat shoes now, not even so much as a half-inch heel, owing to newly deteriorating L5-S1 in my back. If I could find actual negative heel shoes, I’d wear those. I can briefly wear very low heels for special occasions, but I pay for it.
I’ve never worn shoes or slippers at home, just socks or barefoot.
Today? Leather snow-boots that go up over the ankle; long laces.
Wore them to the office as the snow started falling; wore them in the office; wore them to a public ceremony when the blizzard started raging; wore them at the public ceremony; wore them home from the public ceremony as the blizzard continued.
Took them off at home and put on shearling slippers.
In these conditions, warmth and good grip on the snow and ice outweigh stylin’.
For the last fifteen years or so I have been wearing Merrell Moab Vent Hiking Shoes year around. They’re slightly heavier than a standard tennis shoe, but (IMO) they’re more comfortable, very well made, and suitable for just about anything. Winter, summer - great in both. Also, my feet are prone to sweating, and these shoes do not make my feet sweat.
Most days in winter my black fuzzy lined clogs. I have 3 pairs of Vans and a pair of Niki Michigan Sate University sneakers that my eventually to be daughter-in-law gave me. Her feet got bigger after her pregnancy. I als have tie die sketchers, summer sandles another pair of clogs, 2 pairs ankle boots, and a couple of pairs of slippers. Hubster says I have too many shoes. I says not enough.
