Dubarry Deckshoes

elefant

jimgoose wrote: »

Offluence!!

EAT YOUR YOUNG!

I'd say about half the girls in my class had them anyway. With the coloured in soles. Was ridiculous. I never had them. Couldn't afford them anyway!

SarahMollie

Lia_lia wrote: »

I'd say about half the girls in my class had them anyway. With the coloured in soles. Was ridiculous. I never had them. Couldn't afford them anyway!

Lol you say that, but I think ruining items of clothing was par for the course back then. Like buying jeans that were way too long and then dragging them along the ground so they were frayed accidentally on purpose. Not to mention the a similar fate with O'Neils tracksuit bottoms, whereby their ankle elastics we're routinely removed Also, you wanted your Dubes to be as worn in looking as possible without them actually falling apart.

Dark times.

CIP4

I have a good few pairs of Dubarry deckshoes I love them so light and comfortable, they wear very well too. They look well too I wear them into work a good bit with chinos and they look professional also just for casual wear with jeans. I buy at least one new pair a year have a few 2 tone ones which are nice.

They have to be Dubarry though the cheap knock off ones you get in dunes and pennys ook crap.

PandaPoo

They were popular with my friends outside of school but not in school. My school was really rough so they all wore these disgusting black lace up yokes, Christ they were bad.

I don't normally judge something so harshly but f*ck me I'd say I actually grimaced at people who wore them.

PowerToWait

nozipcode wrote: »

The regular MadeInAsia Docs dont last near as long as they used to. A pair of 10eye Cherry docs.

Please. It's oxblood. Thanks.

Goya

I just really dislike that look - the stripy sailing bag, the waxed effect jacket, and the Dubes.

I'm not saying everyone who dresses like that is a snooty jock/jockette **** but there's quite a chance they could be!

RayCon

nozipcode wrote: »

Yeee... With "real" DocMartens costing over €200 a pair I don't think they're for poor kids. Even the MIA (Made In Asia) Docs are over €125 a pair (ok the shoes are about €90)...

Docs aint what they used to be.

Fcuk me ... I used to buy mine on the stalls at the back of the Ilac for £16 a pair - standard 8 hole black ones. 16 hole versions were more expensive. (admittedly that was the late 80's) ....

Means Of Escape

frag420 wrote: »

Doc Martens for the poor kids

Dubbary deck shoes for the rich kids

It's how we tell em apart!

That and the snot on the poor kids sleeves!!

Timberland deck shoes for the uber rich

The_Captain

Dubes have long been replaced by the navy diamond quilted hacking jacket as the sign of aspiration

HS3

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

how can poor people afford doc martens?

Peggys on moore street. She'd always do ya a good deal on loafers

CalamariFritti

Dubarrys are a great shoe for the office. Its a shoe that isn't a runner and fits the smart casual dress code but isn't a non-descript kindas shoe that fits with suit pants. The stuff that 90% of the office boys are wearing. Horrendous.
And they are really comfy too. Once they're worn in you slip in and out of them like, well, a slipper.

Pac1Man

Dubarrys and office boys.

Imagine working in that environment!

CalamariFritti

Pac1Man wrote: »

Dubarrys and office boys.

Imagine working in that environment!

Haha believe it or not they're alright. Also it pays the bills and beats not working or working out in the cold. I'd rather not dress after some 'code' but it's not the worst thing ever.

Cienciano

I don't like the runner type sole on the dubes. Someone mentioned sebago docksides, they're definitely better looking.

The_Captain

The idea of Dubes with a suit actually makes me a little bit sick in my mouth

Nermal

The_Captain wrote: »

The idea of Dubes with a suit actually makes me a little bit sick in my mouth

He said smart casual, not a suit.

seachto7

Those slip on shoes with the tassles are just as bad.

Goya

seachto7 wrote: »

Those slip on shoes with the tassles are just as bad.

You would see a skinhead (from ska culture, not the bad kind) wearing those though - you wouldn't see them wearing Dubes.

Widdershins

nozipcode wrote: »

Depends! The 'Vintage/Made in England' docs are made of thicker leather and will last longer.

The regular MadeInAsia Docs dont last near as long as they used to. A pair of 10eye Cherry docs bought last Dec (Dec15) had cracks in the leather by July'16 and the sole is worn down flat.

I did wear them ~5 days a week, but still.

Zips went on mine within a year and I don't have fat legs or anything.
I'm told by a veteran wearer that the soles always did that and they were deadly when they did. Found myself sliding to a halt on shiny floored places like Dunnes a few times.


How do you know which are the MIA ones? Or where to look for or avoid them?

Widdershins

Flimpson wrote: »

I just really dislike that look - the stripy sailing bag, the waxed effect jacket, and the Dubes.

I'm not saying everyone who dresses like that is a snooty jock/jockette **** but there's quite a chance they could be!

'Breton stripe'

Turtlenecks

Steve from Stranger Things looks like he would wear deck shoes.

He's also a ride. I don't know how that is possible.