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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose
I honestly didn't know they still made duck boots! They were very big back in the day when I was in junior high. Of course, I couldn't afford actual duck boots so I was stuck with f--k boots or whatever the hell they were called.
Back to the topic at hand, I don't understand how duck boots could be remotely trashy unless someone has a rubber fetish.
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In the Boston suburbs, we were wearing duck boots in the mid-70s well before the Preppy Handbook gave them the seal of approval. The boys wore the ones that went a bit up the leg, the girls wore the slip-on moccasin style. You need them on a daily basis for those Massachusetts winters. They last forever and don't get shabby. Sporto and LL Bean both made high-qualuty, not-too-expensive versions. I think I am only on my 4th pair since '77. I did notice this year that the current Sporto version does not use as thick a rubber as the LL Bean version.
In short, preppy, not trashy.