Clarks Shoes

[threebikesmcginty]

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I got a pair of Loakes in a sale about five years ago. £75, which felt like a fortune to me. Quite possibly the best £75 I've ever spent. They're on their third or fourth sole & heels and they still look and feel fantastic.
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When our shoeshop in town here got taken over they had a clearance sale and I snapped up a pair of Loake semi-brogue Oxford for £25

 

[funnymummy]

Been a Clarks man since the days of Nature Trek/Polyveldt. Usually make then last 2-3 years.

I still have the ones I wore at school...and I left 25yrs ago!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I still have the ones I wore at school...and I left 25yrs ago!!

I've still got a pair of brothel creepers I bought from Robot on the Kings Road on my 18th birthday!

Edit: that was more than 25 years ago

 

[funnymummy]

I've still got a pair of brothel creepers I bought from Robot on the Kings Road on my 18th birthday!

Edit: that was more than 25 years ago

Brotherl Creepers...I have photos of my dad wearing them

I left school 25yrs ago.... I have had this size feet for 33yrs
(remeber my mum buying the Polys, when I first started 'Big' school, so reckon that would make them about 30yrs old)

 

[Apeman]

Clarkes shoes used to be made in Ireland! Best shoes for the money have to be Loakes/Church/Barker and good ol' John Whites. Leather shoes are always best as they let your feet breathe and they mould better around you feet for comfort!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

When at primary school, Mum always bought us Clarks shoes, but they were seen as being really uncool, so I was slagged off all the time because I was wearing 'sensible boring shoes', instead of wearing some really expensive pair of 'cool' trainers with the 'latest' air pump or whatever the heck was the fashion that week.

I always remember hearing things like 'Nike is 'in, and Reebok was 'out', and I would sit there and think to myself

'Who says? ....no, seriously, WHO SAYS?'

It never seemed to have any logic to it, and I strongly suspect that half of it was just made up. The to**ers.
As you can tell, I never became a 'Fashion Icon'.

At secondary, I also remember getting slagged off for wearing new Doc Martin shoes because they were 'too shiny' (and I had obviously been up since 6 that morning polishing them for inspection) - the people slagging me off were, of course, wearing trainers which I knew fine well wouldn't last out the term never mind the year

If you are really, truly controlled by fashion, then you need to go play with the traffic.

 

[swee'pea99]

I always remember hearing things like 'Nike is 'in, and Reebok was 'out', and I would sit there and think to myself

'Who says? ....no, seriously, WHO SAYS?'

Brings to mind a story I once heard about a crop of Coventry fans who came to a game at Loftus Road all togged up in their oh-so cool Fila gear, only to be greeted by the QPRfans with chants of: "My dog sleeps on Fila, my dog sleeps on Fila, La la la la, La la la la." They slunk home, and the following week not a fan was sporting Fila...

 

[Cheddar George]

I cycle past the old Clarks desert boot factory on the way to work, it is now a car showroom/car hire/training college. It always seemed strange to me that they manufactured the desert boot in Weston-super-Mare instead of the main factory, perhaps it was the large expanse of sand on the beach .....

 

[Chilternrides]

My dad only ever had two pairs of shoes from the day he was married (excluding his work boots & wellies). His"Good black ones" and his "Good brown ones."
Both Clarks, both kept in his wardrobe underneath soft dusters, with shoe trees fitted, and polished daily (sometimes twice).

I sometimes wonder of this is where I get my wonky attitude to being well dressed comes from? IMO, you can be wearing a bespoke Armani suit, but if you've got crappy or dirty shoes on, why bother - the overall look will be terrible anyway.