IMHO having tassels on your shoes simply says, “I’m and asshole.”
Not only that, they just look stupid. Who ever thought they were/are a good idea?
The only people that should be wearing tassles on footwear are the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders.
well, I must be an asshole. I like tassels on my loafers.
They started in Scotland with traditional golf shoes. So they are associated with the rich man’s sport.
I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing them, but they do look kind of cool–they signify a guy gives a shit about the way he dresses, how he looks, etc. I can appreciate that.
I always thought that tassels on loafers were kinda gay. Not gay like “Fab-u-licious!”, but, you know, new-usage gay.
Loafers without socks, however, fah-laming.
I worked as a receptionist in a law firm one summer, and I needed new shoes. Found a pair that fit, felt good, etc. They happened to have tassles. ::shrug:: They were fun. I could play with them.
I should add that I was 17 at the time.
Tassels are great! Nothing’s better than crisp white cotton dress shirt, a pair of pressed lightweight wool slacks and a freshly shined pair of Johnston Murphys with tassels flip flopping back and forth bay-bee! They’re sharp, stylish and they drive scared, conformist little wardrobe nazis just plain nuts. It’s all good!
“new-usage” as in “bad”, or is this some new slang us internet people haven’t seen yet?
New-usage as in bad. Me and South Park are re-appropriating the word, dammit!
Oh joy. So instead of it meaning someone who is homosexual, it means something bad.
Yeah, you’re going to make a lot of friends here. Especially among those of us who aren’t straight. Care to justify the word used perjoratively in a serious manner, as opposed to a television show that takes almost nil seriously?
Well punha if the youngster’s do make off with “gay” (and once they have a favored word in their sweaty little clutches it rarely survives unmolested) what are people going to replace it with?
Then I guess I should have said that tassels say, “I’m a cheap asshole.”
Bill Lumbergh always had tassels on his shoes.
Other words the youngsters also try to steal. Would you like a list?
Tassle-toed men = no chance in hell with Lola
I like guys who wear loafers with tassles …and no socks. I do indeed!
Damnit, Creaky, if we weren’t both taken…
I suppose shoes with big fluffy pompoms on the heels are out, too, then?
Symbolism.
Men. Foot size. Floppy, dangly things.
::ahem!::
Discuss.
’punha, you sweet, crazy kid, you! You just made my night!