What's the new shoes everyone has on?

[gamecock23]

I've noticed a lot of fraternities and sororities down sout with a new style of shoes that i've never seen before...they're hard to explain, does anyone know what they are?

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by gamecock23

I've noticed a lot of fraternities and sororities down sout with a new style of shoes that i've never seen before...they're hard to explain, does anyone know what they are?

umm..gonna need SOMETHING to go on here.. lol..i live in the south and i have no idea what ur talking about..the only thing that comes to mind are Crocs..which are multicolored slip ons that have holes in them.

[alum]

I'm thinking deck shoes like Sebago Docksides/SperryTopsiders.

Can you elaborate OP?

[macallan25]

The Southern fratter's footwear:

Cole Haan loafer


Sperry Top Siders or Boat shoes


New Balance 991


Bit Loafer


Wallabees (maybe)


Redwing


Any kind of nice cowboy boot


Rainbows/Reefs


Any assortment of dress shoes for formals. Johnston and Murphy, Cole Haan, Allen Edmonds, etc.

[Texas Beta]

I'm wearing my new balances today . Headed to Mexico this Friday to hopefully pick up some baby seal boots. Those are some old looking redwings! Have you seen the pledges boots this semester? They're pretty nice looking.

Edit** Those are the new Redwings. and those Wallabees, I hope nobody wears those.

[Elephant Walk]

I would hope the guy was referring to Sperry's, not Crocs. Crocs are absolutely terrible. My pair of Sperry's have lasted forever.

edit: he's clearly a northerner working his way into a southern fraternity. Asking what Sperry's are? From South Carolina? Are you serious? Besides that asking which houses haze less.

edit again:

Originally Posted by twinkle555

umm..gonna need SOMETHING to go on here.. lol..i live in the south and i have no idea what ur talking about..the only thing that comes to mind are Crocs..which are multicolored slip ons that have holes in them.

I really don't like calling out ladies, no offense hun, but you live in Florida. Not the south.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Texas Beta

I'm wearing my new balances today . Headed to Mexico this Friday to hopefully pick up some baby seal boots. Those are some old looking redwings! Have you seen the pledges boots this semester? They're pretty nice looking.

Edit** Those are the new Redwings. and those Wallabees, I hope nobody wears those.

I personally hate wallabees......just know that alot of fraternity members elsewhere wear them. The Redwings are 1178s......they don't make them anymore......but I still have my pair.

Which pledge boots are you talking about? My boots I got when I was a pledge were the custom made cowboy boots that werer burnt orangish in color with the longhorn cut out on the back.

[shinerbock]

I wear Georgia boots. Wallabee's are terrible. I also like the gold cup sperrys, although they really don't hold up well. Still, probably worth the money.

[EE-BO]

In my day it was pretty much Red Wings- but also the loafer options or a good pair of dress boots as mentioned above for certain occasions. We never wore sandals, but times change I guess.

Macallan, when did they stop selling those Red Wings? I got a new pair about a year ago since the ones I had through high school and college are almost unwearable now (nails coming out or poking through sole), but I didn't know they stopped making them. Those things last forever.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by EE-BO

In my day it was pretty much Red Wings- but also the loafer options or a good pair of dress boots as mentioned above for certain occasions. We never wore sandals, but times change I guess.

Macallan, when did they stop selling those Red Wings? I got a new pair about a year ago since the ones I had through high school and college are almost unwearable now (nails coming out or poking through sole), but I didn't know they stopped making them. Those things last forever.

I'm not sure......I just haven't been able to find the 1178s anywhere....and someone else also told me they weren't making them anymore. I've had them re-soled more than I can remember.

[Texas Beta]

I wasn't able to buy those Redwings when I was a pledge, but our pledges this semester all bought a pair just like those. I'm not sure what the exact type is, but they look near the same.

And those sound like pricey pledge boots :P I have nails and all sorts in mine. They're still great work boots though.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by macallan25

New Balance 991

I love New Balance, but HELLO grandpa's mall walkers.

[summer_gphib]

Well... I just bought these. I think they are cute, and were super cheap. *LOL*

I'm usually a flip flop girl, since I live on the beach, but these will be cute with jeans and a poplin shirt or pretty blouse.

[Texas Beta]

Ok, I missed the Mexico trip today due to finals.

I really want a new pair of boots. I don't want to spend more than $600, which isn't really much for a nice pair of boots. A store here in Austin sells "long horn boots" is what they call them, they're ostrich, burnt orange on the bottom, white on top with an orange longhorn. I'm probably going to get these, the only reason I wouldn't is because after college, and football games, when am I ever going to wear them? Anyone reading this that goes to Texas football games has surely seen these boots before.

My reasoning for getting them is that I can always buy really nice dress boots, for half the price, through an organization I am in later next semester. Would buying those boots be a waste?

[EE-BO]

You can wear them again when you are 80 years old and parking your black Cadillac with longhorns mounted on the hood in the Longhorn Foundation lot in front of the stadium.