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#26 2010-09-11 14:31:27
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Re: In Praise of the Vietnamese Made Clarks' Desert Boot
Well I went out for coffee - came home with some cola desert boots.
I used to wear the brown ones all the time in my moddy-boy type days and I think I prefer the cola colour a lot. A lot more.
#28 2010-09-11 15:33:47
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Re: In Praise of the Vietnamese Made Clarks' Desert Boot
They are from - hanging head in shame - Urban Outfitters (I get a student discount there). I think as someone put it above, they are an honest shoe. A quality akin to the weejun maybe?
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#30 2010-09-11 16:01:08
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#31 2010-09-11 16:05:44
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Re: In Praise of the Vietnamese Made Clarks' Desert Boot
John Simons goes into charity shops and if they're good enough for him...
I rarely miss.
#32 2010-09-11 16:13:49
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The best finds come from charity shops
#33 2010-09-13 07:36:11
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Re: In Praise of the Vietnamese Made Clarks' Desert Boot
Before anyone makes the point, remember what Ho said, wisely: "Better to eat French shit for five years than Chinese shit forever". Or words to that effect.
#34 2010-09-13 07:45:01
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#35 2010-09-13 07:52:54
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Staceyboy, as Russell Street and I know, has an unerring eye in this area. I've tried hard to train mine - but I still sometimes mistake a pale blue Ben Sherman for something better!
#36 2010-09-13 08:06:47
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^Oh me too Andy, me too! The pride coming before a fall bit. The other way around too. Last Autumn in Richmond I scanned the rail in one shop (at the bottom of Hill Rise of all places) and dismissed the stock on offer at a glance. I only took a second look because I had to walk by the rail to prise my son away from the toys and books. And there on the rail was a beautiful, pale blue vintage Paul Stuart with a club collar. Three quid.
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#37 2010-09-13 08:09:13
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Young D - as we know - has his Dad's eye for beautiful women. Three quid! Like my Brooks Makers half-sleeve, one of the most excellent shirts I own.
#38 2010-09-13 08:20:05
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^True! 
Moving this back towards the thread, I was looking at Clarks dessies recently here in town in both the Clarks shop and over in John Lewis. Don't recall seeing any made in UK branding? A recent twist in the manufacturing tale? I'm curious.
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#39 2010-09-13 08:27:18
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Re: In Praise of the Vietnamese Made Clarks' Desert Boot
I wasn't convinced the guy I spoke to on the 'phone this morning quite knew what he was babbling about. Bottom line is, Vietnamese I will stand for, Chinese I won't. Clarks' tend to be A1 brainless shites for even the simplest type of footwear. The girls they employ often seem to be two apples short of a picnic and get easily flustered by relentless questioning.