Shoes & tracksuit bottoms!

Bri

The title might be alarming but all I'm wondering about is this:

Where to buy a pair of non-scanger-runners...maybe like some DCs or something that can be worn with jeans and/or tracksuit bottoms. I have a pair of vans but they're quite wide so I'm looking for something thin...to avoid the whole 'skinny jeans crumpled above the massive shoe' look. I think nikes and jeans are just criminal but I need these shoes to work ok with tracksuit bottoms too.

Any ideas? I don't really wanna buy the new Pumas every's bought. I know DC do thinner styles (Alias etc.) but they're not exactly rampant or cheap in our great country.

I've been to Shuh on O'Connell Street...meh.

simu

Converse Allstars are skinny... although they're owned by Nike now which kind of ruins things.

Bri

A bit too old skool punky for my liking. I guess the question was a bit vague. Don't care who owns them!

Corruptedmorals

If you lace Vans very tightly, you'll have new skinny Vans...

OR, you could wear baggy jeans.

Which look much better anyways.

PurpleFistMixer

Converse are owned by nike? Nooo.... *sheds a tear* They are forever tainted...

Well, at least mine are probably fake.

Bri

simu

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Converse are owned by nike? Nooo.... *sheds a tear* They are forever tainted...

Well, at least mine are probably fake.

I know. Now I can't buy them anymore.

Jim

Got these on Henry St, can't remember the name of the shop, theres about 10 of them.



(Don't ask why the pic is on the web)

FX Meister

G1 Skate Supplies, just left of the Burger King at Oconnell Bridge, up the stairs. Massive selection but sometimes it's hard to get popular sizes like ten and that

K!LL!@N

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Got these on Henry St, can't remember the name of the shop, theres about 10 of them.



(Don't ask why the pic is on the web)

How much were they?
I like them, any different colours?

Killian

Jim

K!LL!@N wrote:

How much were they?
I like them, any different colours?

Killian

Damn straight!!

Think they were €40, also think they had them in red. Can't remember though.
The place I got them was at the top of Henry St on the left (with your back to the Spire). Think it had a white shop front, the mens shoes were upstairs. Place was pretty small actually.

Bri

Cool thanks for the tips.

fletch

Acupuncture, I wear them with tracksuit bottoms(not very often) & have never had a problem gettin into a club wearing them (so comfy)

Bri

Had a pair from years ago (the velcro style) - thing is they don't seem to have released much else 5 years on from then...Might google them now to see if Shuh just havn't got a good selection.

Great shoes!



Edit: Actually looking at http://www.jamesandjames.com/htmlfiles/prodpages/acu.htm#null right now and there's way more than I've seen. We really are just a little rock off the atlantic arn't we?! :rolleyes:

D-Generate

My last shoe purchase http://www.extremepie.com/Products/footwear/386.asp I love the little fellas and that site were selling them so much cheaper than anywhere else.

fletch

Bri wrote:

Had a pair from years ago (the velcro style) - thing is they don't seem to have released much else 5 years on from then...Might google them now to see if Shuh just havn't got a good selection.

Great shoes!

Yeh if ya go in2 Shuh they're still selling the same acupunctures I bought 3 years ago & they're still chargin €95 for them in most places! Still a class runner tho

Bri

True but a few new ones to choose from would be nice too.

chizzle dizzle

I think k-swiss runners are really nice and they are not entirely scangerly,they can be worn with runners and tracksuit bottoms but they might be a bit too wide for your liking

Bri

Thanks I'm gonna give them a look.

jesus_thats_gre

K-Swiss are hardcore!!

glamourfish

FX Meister wrote:

G1 Skate Supplies, just left of the Burger King at Oconnell Bridge, up the stairs. Massive selection but sometimes it's hard to get popular sizes like ten and that

www.g1skatesupply.net

Tobias Greeshman

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Got these on Henry St, can't remember the name of the shop, theres about 10 of them.



(Don't ask why the pic is on the web)

I was just innocently looking down through this thread and I see the shoes Im wearing, looking straight back at me. He he! There really comfy and look pretty cool too... in case anyone's wondering.

bush

There horrible. Whats wrong with nike? At least they look nice

Creamy Goodness

bush wrote:

There horrible. Whats wrong with nike? At least they look nice

nike are terrible, they are common as muck walking around town you'll see that every second person under 25 wears them (not actual figures).

i had a pair of nike about 5 years ago and they fall apart quicker than any other shoes i've worn.

The best duralabilty from shoes i find are from skate shoes, as long as you don't skate in them they'll stay together twice as long as nikes.

DAEDULUS

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

K-Swiss are hardcore!!

scum alert! scum alert! scum alert!

dudara

How about martial art style shoes from Adidas. They seem to only sell white in Ireland, but they're available in plenty other colours on the net. Nice and slim fitting. Though you'll have to be OK with very flat soles. Like this