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#51 2015-01-04 11:26:34
- Charlie Kasso
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
I didn't see them anywhere before 85 and I know they were popular with the Chevignon/Best Company/Chipie crowd, a sort of London paninari look circa 85/86.
Just before Swank closed down I noticed they still had a pair of Michaels on the model in the window but they hadn't stocked them for yonks. That must have been 2006ish.
#52 2015-01-04 11:39:17
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Ironically that whole concept was the antithesis of both the 50s/60s look and the concept of recreating this style decades later. But some common ground nonetheless.
some sort of banal legitimacy
#54 2015-01-04 11:46:37
- Charlie Kasso
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
It was definitely a cockeyed Euro view of vintage Americana with the labels I mentioned.
#55 2015-01-04 11:55:54
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I'd never heard of it prior to your above post, but according to infallible Wikipedia it was related to the pro-Reagan affluent youth of early 80s Italy embracing the new e.g. designer clothing, fast food and Duran Duran (the band not the character in Barbarella). The opposite of the side of Italy I find so inspiring.
some sort of banal legitimacy
#56 2015-01-04 12:01:24
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
I did like the Chevignon leather A2 jacket, but that was about it, the rest of their stuff along with the Chipie label didn't really do it for me, but I do remember it being really popular mid eighties.
#57 2015-01-04 13:36:07
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
I just got myself a pair of Paraboot Bergerac - I have a pair of Michaels for everyday wear, but the Bergerac are better for muddy conditions, obviously.
#58 2015-01-04 15:32:23
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
Paraboot Michael were always my favourite but I now have a pair of Avignon in marron on my 'to get' list.
#59 2015-01-04 15:48:15
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
'82 too early you think? I may have bought them in Paris though, as on one of my first trips there I noticed that all the college kids were wearing them, whereas in London they all sported DMs.Although I was way beyond the age of college, I thought it was a cool look anyway.
#60 2015-01-04 15:53:11
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Cool. Forgive me if it seemed as if I was questioning your memory : )
#61 2015-01-04 18:01:28
- Uncle Ian
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Ha ha! I always question my memory, so I could well be out by a few years......but definitely mid 80s at the very latest, and yes, for what it's worth, they did have the label. Speaking as a man who generally hates external branding - Levis being the obvious exception - it never used to bother me at all. And anyway it could easily be removed by skillful use of a scalpel.
#62 2015-01-13 03:35:15
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
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#63 2015-01-13 03:42:51
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
I like these Leer..had a pair of merrell ones in the 90s I wore to death... v popular with us Hipsters back then...
If you're a boot man of course...
He came he saw he gave the WANKER SIGN! Moved on from Talk Bollocks now as it's well shite innit and y'all look MINGIN'..
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#64 2015-01-13 03:46:39
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
BTW, Merrell for Orvis - similar to the Steinkoglers, but pricier:
http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=1A6X&dir_id=885&group_id=909&cat_id=5350&adv=352841&cm_mmc=linkshare-_-je6NUbpObpQ-_-1-_-352841
Steinkogler is the boot comany that does Austrian Military shoes as well as many traditional shoes and boots for hunting, lumberjacking etc... Since 1700!
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#65 2015-01-13 03:52:24
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
Ha, and the Merrell "Wilderness" is basically the same boot as the Steinkogler "Bergwacht":
http://www.merrell.com/US/en-US/Product.mvc.aspx/7178M/5843/Mens/Wilderness-The-Original?dimensions=0
#66 2015-01-13 03:52:33
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
I'm changing my real name to STEINKOGLER today!!!
Am fed up with people taking the pee pee out of Rasputin.....
He came he saw he gave the WANKER SIGN! Moved on from Talk Bollocks now as it's well shite innit and y'all look MINGIN'..
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#67 2015-01-13 03:52:57
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
Leer,
the Commando and Vibram 1136 are similar sole units but not quite the same thing.
The Commando sole was a British design for the War Office during WW2 and predates the Vibram.
The Commando gives a slightly 'sleeker' and less 'work boot' profile to the shoe/boot as the lugs are recessed from the edge of the shoe to allow for the stitching to the welt/upper.
The Vibram is usually glued to a stitched in mid-sole and so it's lugs go to the edge of the sole unit.
Commando sole
http://www.oliversweeney.com/ShoeGlossary.html?article=251
Vibram 1136
http://www.leatherandgrindery.com/vibram-1136-unit-rubber-sole-commando-sole-vibram-soles
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#68 2015-01-13 03:53:02
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
Who do you see? Who do you watch? Whose your leader? Which is your flock?
#69 2015-01-13 03:57:05
- Thee Captain
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
Mine were more like a continuous arched vibram..with blue laces... very plain...but effective or so I thought...
I saw a pair not so long ago and was sorely tempted...wish I could remember the model...think they're long gone now...
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#70 2015-01-13 04:25:12
- Leer R.
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#72 2015-01-13 04:50:17
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#73 2015-01-13 05:02:19
- Thee Captain
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Re: (Casual) Winter footwear
Am loving this fellas...I'm reaching for the Kleenex as I speak....Phwoarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....
He came he saw he gave the WANKER SIGN! Moved on from Talk Bollocks now as it's well shite innit and y'all look MINGIN'..
I Lunge Therefore I Am #theecaptainofsuave
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