What's the new shoes everyone has on?

gamecock23 · #1 12-14-2006, 09:19 PM

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 · #2 12-14-2006, 10:32 PM

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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 · #3 12-14-2006, 10:58 PM

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

Can you elaborate OP?

macallan25 · #4 12-14-2006, 11:15 PM

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 · #5 12-15-2006, 12:24 AM

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 · #6 12-15-2006, 12:26 AM

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.

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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 · #7 12-15-2006, 12:45 AM

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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 · #8 12-15-2006, 01:03 AM

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.

kddani · #9 12-15-2006, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

New Balance 991

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

summer_gphib · #10 12-15-2006, 02:11 PM

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 · #11 12-15-2006, 11:45 PM

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?

GatorsWearJorts · #12 12-16-2006, 01:20 PM

Crocs are great if you own a boat like me

arrowangel · #13 12-16-2006, 03:58 PM

You're talking about deck shoes/boat shoes/Sperry's.

Elephant Walk · #14 12-17-2006, 07:28 PM

so did they completely discontinue 991's?

texas*princess · #15 12-20-2006, 08:36 PM

I just got a new pair of BCBG pumps?