Shoes or Sneakers ?

yourdeadwright

So gentlemen this one is a straight forward question
If your heading on a night out lets say into Dublin city for a few beer and then hitting a club or a late night bar ,Do you wear shoe's or Sneakers, i would say runners but i suppose the runners people wear on nights out aren't your training type runners if you get me so im calling them sneakers

So night out in Dublin do you wear Shoe's or Sneaker (or runners or whatever u call them)

awec

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theteal

shoes are for work and weddings. runners (i.e. retro adidas, cons etc. not your airbubbly types) for all else

Liam McPoyle

I own one pair of runners and they are only worn when walking to work.

Nights out it's normally boots but on occasion shoes.

Snowie

I hve bout 10 pairs of runners....

3 pairs of shoes

1 pair of winter keen boots that are super warm

yourdeadwright

Well im a runners man myself, but i asked the question because it seems that runners are taking over , of course for wedding or any event that requires wearing slacks ill still wear shoes,
I think its cause i wear shoes in work that i prefer runners on a night out,

Easy Rod

Cons for me, my weekend is all about comfort and i wear a tin of fruit all week in work so like to be casual in my freetime!

yeppydeppy

Shoes, shoes, shoes - runners (sneakers) are only for when I'm out running.

PrettyBoy

Sneakers - I'd only ever wear shoes on a night out if I was wearing slacks and a shirt - which is rarely.

Currently have a pair of white Converse (which I wear most of the time), grey Nike Blazers and Ralph Lauren sneakers.

Rossin

shoes for work, runners for everything else

RoscommonTom

dont own shoes at all, boots for work and sneakers everywhere else, get the lend of the brothers black shoes for weddings

Galvasean

I like to wear 'boot shoes' (kind of half way between the two) if there's any chance of going to a club or something fancy. Sneakers will do for anything up to pints in the local.

yabadabado

I like wearing runners but its a bitch if you get stopped going into a pub/club because you don't have shoes on.

KERSPLAT!

Very rarely wear shoes, weddings, interviews, etc. for a night out in town I'd be wearing cons or somethin similer

Sugar Free

Only ever lace up shoes.

--Kaiser--

Rarely wear anything that's not a 'runner'. I hate boots and shoes, they're generally so uncomfortable and heavy with little or no groundfeel. I was at a wedding last week (necessitating dress shoes) and my feet were sore from all the dancing (or general flailing of limbs)

BraziliaNZ

I wear both

Galwayguy35

I would only wear shoes going to a wedding.

On an average night out a comfy pair of runners do the job nicely, especially if going on a night out to the city where a bit of walking would have to be done between venues.

Snowie

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Rarely wear anything that's not a 'runner'. I hate boots and shoes, they're generally so uncomfortable and heavy with little or no groundfeel. I was at a wedding last week (necessitating dress shoes) and my feet were sore from all the dancing (or general flailing of limbs)

Duh bring a pair of sneekers with nip up stairs after the first dance and change your shoes done it so many times

no one gives a crap at that stage

MaroonAndGreen

Would wear shoes if I knew the bouncers were strict etc, but usually were sneakers/runners

_Kaiser_

Shoes - unlike most here it seems I haven't owned a pair of "runners" since I was about 14

Scuba Ste

Wear both. I'm wearing shoes/boots more lately, I like them. I'm going to wear them more often.

blaze99

boats shoes are the way to go

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seachto7

blaze99 wrote: »

boats shoes are the way to go

An absolute NO NO. Girls are wise to hipsters, and girls don't like them........

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Shoes 99% of the time

Black Leather

Shoes for work and runners during the summer months for casual wear. My favourite footwear for going out are my New Rock boots, which are metal studded with a good platform sole.

krudler

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Shoes - unlike most here it seems I haven't owned a pair of "runners" since I was about 14

do you tuck your plaid shirt into your daddy jeans as well?

Shoes if I'm wearing a suit or pants on a formal-ish night out, have runners from retro adidas to skechers which are super comfy and go with everything and cons for just throwing on for whatever.

Liam McPoyle

krudler wrote: »

do you tuck your plaid shirt into your daddy jeans as well?

That's a bit much isn't it?

Just because you think wearing trainers with pretty much everything is a good look doesn't mean everyone else does.

krudler

Necronos wrote: »

That's a bit much isn't it?

Just because you think wearing trainers with pretty much everything is a good look doesn't mean everyone else does.

He coulda said that without the condescending tone, as if anyone who wears runners is a child.

Chuck Stone

Runners/sneakers whenever possible. Sometimes boots on a pissy winter's night.

I really don't like shoes, especially those Rumplestiltskin ones, ugly fucking things.

awec

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gaziah

awec wrote: »

The brown shoes that look sort of like brown trainers are a pet hate of mine. Stuff like this:

My Dad has a pair of them:o At least he does'nt go clubbing.:pac:

ongarboy

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I really don't like shoes, especially those Rumplestiltskin ones, ugly fucking things.

LOL, you've just described the type of shoes I wear!! I like wearing pointed shoes at work and cowboy boots outside of work. I just like that style. For some reason, the cowboy boots generate a lot of comments (even from strangers). I sometimes get slagged but more often than not, complimented on them. I'm not a trainers/sneakers fan.

ahnowbrowncow

Runners most of the time, shoes only for work or something formal.

Thread could do with a poll.

shanec1928

Trainers

yourdeadwright

gaziah wrote: »

My Dad has a pair of them:o At least he does'nt go clubbing.:pac:

Brilliant my dad has them to

Eileen Down

Campers

snollup

+ 1 for campers. Have four pairs in various styles ranging from shoes to high top trainers.

As for nights out, trainers all the way.

ft9

Dubes...

Pat Mustard

Originally Posted by blaze99
boats shoes are the way to go

seachto7 wrote: »

An absolute NO NO. Girls are wise to hipsters, and girls don't like them........

Are you being sarcastic? Do hipsters wear boat shoes now?

seachto7

Eileen Down wrote: »

Campers

They are expensive, but last for ages, well worth the money I think...

Eileen Down

Campers ain't cheap but they last for years and they're gorgeous. I have one pair now that are almost three years old and still look great and I have walked miles and miles and miles in them.
You can find some bargins on ebay and if you're ever in Spain around the time of the sales, you could pick up a pair for as little as fifty euros.

seachto7

The Mustard wrote: »

Originally Posted by blaze99
boats shoes are the way to go




Are you being sarcastic? Do hipsters wear boat shoes now?

They do indeed. Not the dubes though, they seem to be exclusively for Irish rugger jocks. Most "Tory folk" bands would wear the boat shoes....

Pat Mustard

I woulda thought they wore loafers or something non-mainstream. Interesting.

Those hipsters are something of a puzzlement to me, lately.

Barna77

Runners for me all the time. I own only one pair of shoes, kind of winter rain proof ones, hate them because they are so heavy... but proved to be useful with the snow. Didn't fall on the ice or frost at all

yabadabado wrote: »

I like wearing runners but its a bitch if you get stopped going into a pub/club because you don't have shoes on.

+1 Bouncers.... :mad:

seachto7

Pubs that stop you for wearing trainers, I think, are pubs you don't want to go near anyways.... pretentious sh*t boxes....

jaffacakesyum

Not that I particularly care (as in it wouldn't make a difference in terms of a guy I'd like) but I think if you're going out to a club it's nice to put in the effort and wear a pair of nice shoes. You don't see too many girls wearing old runners to clubs :pac:

seachto7

I suppose. I don't go to nightclubs, so I wouldn't know.....

krudler

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

Not that I particularly care (as in it wouldn't make a difference in terms of a guy I'd like) but I think if you're going out to a club it's nice to put in the effort and wear a pair of nice shoes. You don't see too many girls wearing old runners to clubs :pac:

you can still look good in runners though, I dont think any clubs stop people for wearing runners anymore, fashions change, and they're probably just glad for the business. If you're wearing a pair of actual Nike running shoes is one thing, a decent pair of classic adidas or skechers something is pretty common to see on nights out and bouncers wouldnt care. Must have a suiting up night soon they're always a laugh.

ongarboy

krudler wrote: »

you can still look good in runners though, I dont think any clubs stop people for wearing runners anymore, fashions change, and they're probably just glad for the business. If you're wearing a pair of actual Nike running shoes is one thing, a decent pair of classic adidas or skechers something is pretty common to see on nights out and bouncers wouldnt care. Must have a suiting up night soon they're always a laugh.

Ironically, I find it's not the so called pretentious or trendy clubs that have a no trainers policy but the clubs in rougher areas that draw a dodgier crowd that seem to have such policies. You then have the skanger types turning up in those places in cheap 10 euro Penneys shoes....

doctorwhogirl

Just for the record...sneakers are hot footwear. Well cons style ones anyway.

And any establishment that doesn't allow them is not an establishment I'd like to go to.