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At what age should people stop wearing converse?

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    #32
    tempura
    Registered Users Posts: 604 ✭✭✭tempura


    Nodin wrote: »
    I've been wearing Docs/Solovair Docs since the 80's. Do I give a fuck what anyone thinks at this stage? No, no I don't.

    + 1


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    #33
    Sky King
    Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    I'm biding my time until boot runners come back into fashion.


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    #34
    Katgurl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Katgurl


    RickRoll wrote: »
    Katgurl wrote: »
    They're not exactly statement wear so I think you can wear them forever. I wear them (34), my older siblings wear them, my preteen nieces wear them and my mum (68) wears them. They've been around so long, it is sort of equivalent to asking how long you can continue to wear jeans.
    What else do they wear? :pac:

    ?????
    Normal little girl clothes; leggings, skirts, tights, sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts


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    #35
    Katgurl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Katgurl


    Sky King wrote: »
    I'm biding my time until boot runners come back into fashion.

    they've been back for over a year. You'll get them in Office, Schuh, any vintage-ish shop that sells shoes


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    #36
    RickRoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭RickRoll


    Katgurl wrote: »
    ?????
    Normal little girl clothes; leggings, skirts, tights, sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts
    Never mind..


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    #37
    TheZohanS
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    D1stant wrote: »
    Converse are made in China and owned by Nike.

    Be janey you learn something new everyday.

    I'd still rather pay €40 for a pair of Cons than €120 for a pair of Nike that will damage your feet and muscles. It's been scientifically proven that the less cushioning in a pair of runners the better as it allows a more natural stride and impact between your foot and surface.


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't wear labels, I wear shoes!


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    #39
    GalwayKiefer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭GalwayKiefer


    I've never owned a pair so I can't comment on their comfort but I hate the sight of them because I associate them with skinny jeans.

    If you like them though then fcuk the begrudgers to be honest.


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    #40
    Glico Man
    Registered Users Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭Glico Man


    I bought my first pair a week ago so I'm not going to stop wearing them anytime soon. Most comfortable shoes I've ever owned.


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    #41
    Katgurl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Katgurl


    RickRoll wrote: »
    Katgurl wrote: »
    ?????
    Normal little girl clothes; leggings, skirts, tights, sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts
    Never mind..

    oh right, get it... Very hungover and sleep deprived...


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    #42
    mattjack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    They're all I wear really when I'm not in work, always found them comfortable so I don't envisage to stop wearing them anytime soon. They can be bad for your knees though as there is no support offered in the sole at all. I broke my leg in a pair while climbing over a wall, there was nothing to absorb the shock when I jumped down.

    WTF were you getting over a wall at your age ?


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    #43
    Spacedog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Spacedog


    I got my first pair of converse when I was a kid waaaaaaaaaay back in the 1980s, me ma got them from Tuthills bargain bin for a pound, because at the time no-one would be seen dead wearing them.

    they only started to become popular as a staple of grunge scene (smells like teen spirit opens with a full shot of Cobains converse tappin away) which was basically not givin a fcuk what you wear. and that is something of any age who doesn't give a fcuk about stupid fcukin bullsiht can appreciate.

    that said I'd rather any other white soled runners than branded converse, same shid, much cheaper.


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    #44
    opinion guy
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    Damn hipsters.

    Clark's are still cool right ?


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    #45
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    I'll be wearing hightops for a very long time, look at Becks still wearing them at 36, mayb around 40 stop, just because you kinda need to adapt at a certain stage. I mean I don't wear Air Max anymore even tho I like them because they just don't suit me anymore.


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    #46
    D1stant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭D1stant


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Be janey you learn something new everyday.

    I'd still rather pay €40 for a pair of Cons than €120 for a pair of Nike that will damage your feet and muscles. It's been scientifically proven that the less cushioning in a pair of runners the better as it allows a more natural stride and impact between your foot and surface.

    I would imagine that the major scientific things about NikVerse is how to keep a supply chain cost low and market the different brands to different segments presenting the illusion of choice... ending up with people emotionally attached to one brand over another.... for no good reason


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    #47
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    I stopped wearing them after Nike bought the company in 2003.


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    #48
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,628 ✭✭✭Feisar


    I love them for the gym and for general wear. They look nice enough with a pair for jeans I think.
    I like the minimal sole they have. Much more natural to walk in compared with runners/shoes.

    Way way over priced for what they are though.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #49
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I'm 45 in March and I'm still wearing Con's - Wore a green pair yesterday, kinda purple funky pair today.


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    #50
    wolfmoon87
    Registered Users Posts: 11,642 ✭✭✭✭wolfmoon87


    baltimore sun wrote: »
    I'm about to hit my thirties and something's bothering me....I love converse shoes, I've got feckin heaps of them.

    But, I'm not one of those losers that wears odd ones or wears them even when it's bucketing down cats & dogs, anywho, I was thinkin to meself there the other day when I was younger thatI saw an older guy like in his 30s/40s wearing cons I always thought, "ha, what a gimp, trying to me cool" I don't wanna be that gimp, should I stop wearing them?
    At what age should people stop wearing converse?

    Just wear what you want. Who gives a sh!t what other people think. :cool:


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    #51
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,628 ✭✭✭Feisar


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Be janey you learn something new everyday.

    I'd still rather pay €40 for a pair of Cons than €120 for a pair of Nike that will damage your feet and muscles. It's been scientifically proven that the less cushioning in a pair of runners the better as it allows a more natural stride and impact between your foot and surface.

    +1

    Cushioned runners tend to make people heel strikers while running. Running barefoot, people generally land with the ball of the foot and the ankle joint acts as a shock absorber.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #52
    afrodub
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭afrodub


    baltimore sun wrote: »
    I'm about to hit my thirties and something's bothering me....I love converse shoes, I've got feckin heaps of them.

    But, I'm not one of those losers that wears odd ones or wears them even when it's bucketing down cats & dogs, anywho, I was thinkin to meself there the other day when I was younger thatI saw an older guy like in his 30s/40s wearing cons I always thought, "ha, what a gimp, trying to me cool" I don't wanna be that gimp, should I stop wearing them?
    At what age should people stop wearing converse?


    29.

    Your welcome.


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    #53
    RickRoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭RickRoll


    Zayne Powerful Pair wrote: »
    I'm 45 in March and I'm still wearing Con's - Wore a green pair yesterday, kinda purple funky pair today.
    45? Come on now, you're a bit long in the tooth for wearing Converse.


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    #54
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    P.S Converse are absolutely muck, get some real shoes like supra high tops. Converse look scruffy.


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    #55
    Irish Guitarist
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    At the age they stop liking them.

    I hate this idea that certain young people have that they can dictate what older people should wear. Why should anyone stop wearing something they like? Are you supposed to suddenly start wearing slippers and a pair of trousers with the waist pulled up around your chest because you're over the age of thirty?

    Converse have been going since 1917 by the way. It's not like they have just been invented by some pimply fifteen year old. If some teenager has a problem with you wearing the same type of clothes or shoes as them, then let them be the ones to change their attire.


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    #56
    Havermeyer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Havermeyer


    DanDan6592 wrote: »
    Converse are ****! Vans and circa's are the way to go, more comfy too.

    Why don't you just skateboard on out of here? We can't be having that sort of talk around here.


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    #57
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I stopped wearing them when I was about 17, they're just not very comfortable because of my stupid feet. Dunlop runners ftw


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    #58
    cocoshovel
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    Not a fan of any flat sole shoes myself. Used to wear skater shoes and converse etc but I realized how uncomfortable they really are. Dunnes stores brown hiking shoe/runners are the way to go I tell ya!


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    #59
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    My Mother wears them and she is 48. Bright red ones too, very embarrassing.


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    #60
    saa
    Registered Users Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    The day you start caring about what others think about you.


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    #61
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    I hate converse, over-priced tat but I don't see why it should matter what age you are. As some-one else pointed out, they've been on the go almost 100 years, hardly the reserve of the young and trendy.

    I still don't understand why anybody (other than impressionable teenagers taken in by the marketing) would buy them though, you can get pretty much identical shoes in penneys or the like for about a 10er or if you want to spend a bit more you can buy an actual quality pair of shoes for the same price as cons or less.
    I'm currently a pair of leather work-boots that are over 15 years old only cost about 10 pounds. My one and only ever pair of cons (I was a young and impressionable douchebag of a teenager completely taken in by the marketing) didn't even last a summer and they cost 40 odd euro.


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