# Tell us about your shoes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694 "2025-01-31T22:59:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/41 "2025-02-02T09:53:01Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Let me ask, are your soles super hard? > Does gravel cause problems? > Are you not afraid of injury or stepping in something nasty? My soles are super hard. Gravel is no problem. The only issue is occasional glass slivers, tiny shards still penetrate my skin, and they are a bastard to remove because the surrounding skin is so tough. It doesn’t happen that often, but I have used a scalpel to excavate. But then, I am a bit of a nutter, I used to own my grandfathers British Army boots. They were hobnailed, which is so archaic I probably need to explain. Basically the sole is nailed to the upper. So one nail worked its way through the sole and into my left big toe area. This did not stop me, as a kind of alternative/punk kid so just wore them and danced in them, and just developed an inverted callous on my toe. I blew out a pair of steel toe Doc Martins in less than a year, those boots served me way longer, not to mention my grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/42 "2025-02-02T12:57:55Z")
[Here is a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237) about shoes that I still, to this day, love. mmm ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/43 "2025-02-02T21:20:24Z")
It’s the weekend, so at this moment I’m wearing a pair of Ugg brand slippers. They were kind of pricey for slippers, but they are well made and will hopefully last a lot longer than the cheapo ones I used to have. On work days I wear a pair of black Sketchers. I’m not sure how to describe them; they’re more casual than dress shoes, but they’re nicer than athletic shoes. In the summer on non-work days I wear a pair of Birkenstock sandals when I leave the house. And then I have a pair of hiking boots, which I’m going to wear when I go to the store later, because it’s raining and they’re better at keeping my feet dry than the others. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/44 "2025-02-02T21:45:37Z")
I wear crocs until the winter kicks in. Then I wear whatever hiking style shoes I have been able to find for the winter. I have one pair of hiking style shoes to wear during infrastructure construction season which is upon me. The town I live in has been tearing up the roads since January 2024 with new gas lines and now new water lines. So crummy hiking shoes it will be until croc season appears. I am hopefully going to buy new slippers this week unless tariffs have raised the prices to $100/pair. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/45 "2025-03-03T17:18:30Z")
My main shoes are black. They’re not very formal, but my job isn’t particularly formal, so that’s just fine. I actually bought them along with a couple of other pairs imagining that I would rotate amongst them, but these just kind of asserted themselves, I guess. It looks like I’m going to have to invest in a new pair of shoelaces, because the end of one of them has recently become really frayed and fuzzy. I wonder how that might have happened. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/46 "2025-03-03T17:38:44Z")
I have plantar fasciitis, and I have to wear either Vionic or Ziera shoes, because of their built-in sturdy arch support. I’ve tried using orthotic inserts with other types of shoes, but there never seemed to be enough room for my foot and the orthotic in the shoe at the same time. Zieras have a built-in “Super Support” insole which you can customize so that the arch support is in just the right place. Also, I’ve lately started to need wide and even extra-wide shoes, so I’m going to have to look for that factor as well. Also also, since menopause, my feet always feel uncomfortably hot, so sandals and mules are starting to be the only types of shoes I can tolerate. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/47 "2025-03-03T17:40:12Z")
My new BFF. 😁 You know you can get fur lined crocs for winter? I have a pair. Not my favorite. I just wear socks with my most preferred. The Lil’wrekker can’t stand it. She looks down at my feet and just says “Moth–er!!” Hey I’m for comfort and ease of wearing. I have a jacked up foot right now, not much else I could wear. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/48 "2025-03-03T18:54:25Z")
I’m wearing these today. They’re not very comfortable, but they were a Christmas present and I keep thinking they’ll stretch. > **[Women's Cole Haan Elyse Bootie 60 mm](https://www.zappos.com/p/womens-cole-haan-elyse-bootie-60-mm-black-leather/product/9352511/color/72)** > > Women's Elyse Bootie 60 mm by Cole Haan at Zappos.com. Read Cole Haan Women's Elyse Bootie 60 mm product reviews, or select the size, width, and color of your choice. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/49 "2025-03-03T19:46:40Z")
I wear slippers around the house. Today, when I went out, I wore L.L. Bean boots, but I have other boots for colder weather. In the summer, I wear sandals. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/50 "2025-03-03T21:40:34Z")
I own a pair of Reebok men’s tactical boots that I really dig. I don’t wear them every day but they are really good for the cold, outdoors, or going to concerts. I think that they are a little clunky looking for tac boots but they are very comfortable and feel like sneakers. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/51 "2025-03-03T21:54:49Z")
I’m wearing my faux cowhide (cream and golden brown) Skechers today. The woman who drew my blood at the doctor’s office complimented me on them. An old lady complimented me on my hair, so I had two pleasant interactions today! ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/52 "2025-03-12T21:54:32Z")
For close to 40 years (yikes!) my “dress” and workplace shoes have been SAS. Incredibly comfortable, just dressy enough to pass in any occasion, and the only half way dressy shoe I’ve found that doesn’t cause incredible instep pain (in _my_ feet) after a couple of hours of wear. Plus, no metal, just glue, which makes air travel easier. The style I buy has gone through many name changes, but has always looked like this: [![](https://www.sasshoes.com/dw/image/v2/BCFQ_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-sas-catalog-master/default/dwc6533a9f/product/s/a/sas-mens-move-on-black-1_2_1.jpg?sw=800&sh=800&sm=fit) ](https://www.sasshoes.com/dw/image/v2/BCFQ_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-sas-catalog-master/default/dwc6533a9f/product/s/a/sas-mens-move-on-black-1_2_1.jpg?sw=800&sh=800&sm=fit) > **[Move On Lace Up Shoe | SAS Shoes](https://www.sasshoes.com/mens-move-on-athletic-lace-up-shoe/2610.html?dwvar_2610_color=013&cgid=mens-casuals#start=1)** > > Keep moving with the Move On men's lace up shoe by San Antonio Shoes. With TRIPAD® cushioning and our soft, lightweight sole . Buy Now! | SAS Shoes ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/53 "2025-03-16T17:33:02Z")
Light sandy green slip-on Skechers. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/54 "2025-03-16T20:39:10Z")
Right now, high ugg boots, chocolate brown, picked up in an opportunity shop a few months ago brand new for $20. (I had previously donated an identical pair to an opp shop a few years ago after moving to the tropics, but now back in chilly Victoria again, well, let’s just say I kicked myself for giving them up, but happy as a pig in shit that I could find them again) 😛 Due to chronic back issues, I can’t bend over to tie shoelaces any longer, so in summer I wear Birkenstock sandals and winter closed-toe Birks with thick socks. One pair of each are originals, the others knock-offs I picked up in Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/55 "2025-03-25T16:54:58Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > I live near San Francisco where fortunately the weather isn’t too cold in winters. I’m frequently in shorts and sandals year round, and my sandals are leather slides. > > > > Otherwise I wear business casual with tan brown leather shoes from Ecco, but I’m mostly in shorts and those sandals. > > It bugged me that I couldn’t ID the slides so I got them and looked for a link. They are Keen Daytona II leather slides available on Amazon ➜ [Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/KEEN-Daytona-Comfortable-Casual-Sandals/dp/B0B2PRY4Y4) ■ . Mystery solved (for me). > > My Ecco shoes have been wearing out. The leather on them is in great shape but my local shoe repair guy said they’re not set up for replacing the sole, so I’ll be shopping for a replacement pair soon. I’ve had those Ecco shoes for over 25 years, but only recently (well, since 2018) wore them regularly for work. I just bought a pair of Florsheim shoes to replace them. I think this is what I got, the Florsheim Norwalk Plain Toe Oxford (I don’t have them in front of me right now) ➜ [Norwalk Plain Toe Oxford Men’s Casual Shoes | Florsheim.com](https://www.florsheim.com/shop/style/13369.html) ■ [![](https://marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com/f00000000114841/www.florsheim.com/shop/images/13369-222.jpg) ](https://marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com/f00000000114841/www.florsheim.com/shop/images/13369-222.jpg) Florsheim. Now there’s a company that’s been around a little bit. Per wiki, they were founded in 1892, in Chicago by Milton S. Florsheim (1868-1936). He was a young man of about 24(!) when he founded the company. Prior to that he had worked in his father’s shoe store. Gotta love Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694/56 "2025-03-26T09:56:27Z")
I am thinking of buying some new Palladia. Or perhaps Fugu? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-shoes/1013694.md?page=2)