The Sneakers we wear with our jeans

[MJF9]

On 4/3/2023 at 12:56 PM, oomslokop said:

warrior shoes! de rigeur in indonesian primary school in the 80s. theres even a teen novel written about them ("a pair of warriors for my bff"). re-released a few years ago, got myself a pair. even just lacing them up would unravel a stitching or two.

p.s. did yours come with the extra alterno red laces?

Nice... warriors come out to playyy

Reminded me your cool pic Ooms inspired me to get that Tender pullover... and a fine buy it was too 

[MJF9]

Junior MJF9's Jordan 4s

[Double 0 Soul]

I never venture far from the OG AJ colourways.. but i do have a soft spot for these pine SBs which dropped last month.. Phwoar!

..For our young'uns.. the first drops were 20+ years before they were born.. so they don't care less

Edited April 11, 2023 by Double 0 Soul

[oomslokop]

On 4/11/2023 at 4:20 AM, MJF9 said:

Nice... warriors come out to playyy

Reminded me your cool pic Ooms inspired me to get that Tender pullover... and a fine buy it was too 

it's my fave jumper. can we see pics of yours? (mine has minimal fading since there's rarely a reason to wear a jumper in jakarta, except to look spiffy)

[MJF9]

It's a great jumper indeed Ooms... coincidentally I'm wearing it today, so will get some pics up in the Tender thread now.  Not much going on fade wise but some sweet skew going on

[shredwin_206]

Vans Gilbert Crockett Hi he’s also a denimhead and has some cool 40s jeans under his company CeeBlues 

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

I guess this is somewhat of a weird request but anybody that has Doek slip ons can share sizing comparison to Vans slip ons? Other comparisons that might help are converse Chuck Taylor(regular) or Novesta star dribble. Thanks!

[Maynard Friedman]

I recently dug this pair out of my hoard of shame to be my spring/summer footwear of choice once the good weather eventually arrives. I saw the receipt in the box (from Superdenim.co.uk) and realised I bought them in 2015! 

Anyway, Japanese made PF Flyers, hopefully they’ll be as robust as the black pair I had.

[Double 0 Soul]

I I remember you buying them.. feels like a couple of years ago 

[Maynard Friedman]

I’ve been wearing those SC Okis you tipped me off about on eBay, with the remains of a red tab. That was back in 2015 too! They’re due for a repair soon so I’ll wash em and post photos once I change over to the summer jean rotation. How time flies…

[Double 0 Soul]

I look fwd to these bi-annual updates

[Geeman]

5 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

I recently dug this pair out of my hoard of shame to be my spring/summer footwear of choice once the good weather eventually arrives. I saw the receipt in the box (from Superdenim.co.uk) and realised I bought them in 2015! 

Anyway, Japanese made PF Flyers, hopefully they’ll be as robust as the black pair I had.

I bought these around the same time.  Black and the white ones.

The Black ones lasted really well still get some wear.

The white ones rubber cracked a bit even with hardly any wear. 

Still wearable but don't really wear them 

[freshwater]

[MJF9]

The sneakers I'll be wearing a lot with my jeans henceforth...

I consider myself fortunate that these beautiful - and well preserved - Buckweat were my size and, alas, had become too big for OO after his latent growth spurt

OO was a pleasure to acquire pumps from... so don't listen to Dave from Chesterfield...

Featuring Duck Bucks 

[Double 0 Soul]

17 minutes ago, MJF9 said:

The sneakers I'll be wearing a lot with my jeans henceforth...

I consider myself fortunate that these beautiful - and well preserved - Buckweat were my size and, alas, had become too big for OO after his latent growth spurt

OO was a pleasure to acquire pumps from... so don't listen to Dave from Chesterfield...

This is just littered with mistakes!.. he was called Paul not Dave!.. and they became too small after my middle-aged growth spurt

You've narrowly avoided detention because.. it was also a pleasure

[MJF9]

Hahaha like my old French teacher said... those were deliberate mistakes to make sure you were paying attention ... I knew you'd like picking up on that almost as much as you like the pumps 

[Maynard Friedman]

Hmmm, if your feet have got bigger Neal, perhaps you’ll buy my size 9 Sharpeye pumps!

[MJF9]

Good timing that sales pitch Maynard as he's just got some funds in

[Double 0 Soul]

I've already spent those funds hiring a skip..

Such is life

[Maynard Friedman]

Send it back and buy my pumps. They’ll give you a hop, skip and a jump!

[MJF9]

Prioritising a skip over some Sharpeye pumps??? How will Maynard fund his nearly-but-not-quite-no-buy-2023???

Edited April 28, 2023 by MJF9
I'm knackered

[Maynard Friedman]

I’m hoping to fund an early retirement!

[Double 0 Soul]

Here are some of the Buckweat images i harvested from kamediaclub's PB account and transferred to my Flickr account before the great photofuckit fire..

..ignore the tabs

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I do have a soft spot for gum soles. And since we have so many lads from the UK, what's your take on Gola?

[Mtvare]

I am also fond of gum soles. But for some reason I can't really put my finger on -  perhaps the "tried hard but didn't really have a clue" vibe of the side logo - I can't abide Gola.

[Double 0 Soul]

Agreed^

Id put Gola on a similar par to Hi-Tec.. 

I always considered them the lowest common denominator/Windsor’s World of Shoes kinda vibe..

Don’t get me wrong.. I don’t think you need to spend big to get cool pumps.. Dunlop Green Flash for instance can be had for peanuts and have a much cooler vibe.. 

The dudes wearing Gola when I was at school weren’t necessarily poor kids who couldn’t afford Adidas or Nike they were just kids who didn’t give a shit about their footwear.. and not because they were too cool to care 

[Maynard Friedman]

Like many other boys of my generation and class, I had 2 pairs of Gola trainers in primary school in the late 1970s (the Jet and Aztec models I think), along with offerings from other contemporary British brands at the time - Power, Lightning and Mitre. I also had adidas and Puma, the latter being my favourites. I’ve not worn Gola (or any of those other 3 British brands mentioned) since. Gola weren’t considered especially bad by any means back then but they wouldn’t be on the top of your wish list either, they were functional enough for the rigours of playing football in the school playground and beyond and certainly had bragging rights over the dreaded black plimsoll.

I recall Gola having a bit of a revival in the 90s, possibly linked to the whole BritPop movement but I never took much interest. I think they may also have been favoured by a few Mods since.

I can understand the appeal of wearing a slightly obscure foreign brand as it probably has totally different connotations to people from other countries. It can have an air of selective, discerning taste and cool rather than all the memories associated with it by those who had no choice at the time. 

I still wouldn’t buy them though…
 

Edited May 3, 2023 by Maynard Friedman

[Dr_Heech]

4 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

I do have a soft spot for gum soles. And since we have so many lads from the UK, what's your take on Gola?

Hey B_F just to say that l bought a pair of Gola  like yours back in 2002 in the brown and beige colourway. They looked a bit oldskool/retro (even though l never owned a pair back in school, l was more of an Adidas Kick man, l mean kid back then) and they looked good with old Levis. l wore them for going out, as opposed to cycling/general trashing and they lasted well. Lasted 8 years before they ended up being used for painting in (?)

 

Edited May 3, 2023 by Dr_Heech

[Double 0 Soul]

How it tended to work for me when I was a school kid.. my folks would always fork out for new pumps when my old ones were hanging off my feet.. I never had to wear a school uniform so my pumps were worn all day, everyday... but my folks would only buy basic shit and if I wanted cooler shit I would have to put the extra money towards myself.. 

I used to get £.2.40/wk for wiping the pots after tea, I’ve had a Saturday job from the age of 13 which paid £8/wk and I had my sideline selling homebrew to alcoholics who hung out in the cricket pavilion.. so in effect if I wanted Puma States, Champion.. ect I would need to earn £20 to put towards the £20 my folks were willing to spend... 

[Double 0 Soul]

There hasn't been much (if any?) talk of Diadora in this thread.. anyone ever had a pair?

I never have but i remember seeing a pair of the white/gold Borg Elite when i was around 6yrs old and my jaw hit the floor.. astounded at the gold, gold tennis shoes!

I don't think i'd ever seen gold on a pair of trainers before.. gold was cool af according to the 6yr old me

 

It will always remain in my mind as a key sneaker moment.. along with seeing the air bubble for the first time in a pair of AM1's or seeing the watch in a pair of Micropacers or the pump of a Reebok Pump or the Torsion bar of the Adidas Torsion..

Although amazed (some say easily) Micropacers, Torsion or Pumps were never my vibe, i couldn't afford them and even if i could, i would'av bought somethong else.. AM1's on the other hand i'd have given my right arm fo... a fk'it.. both my arms!

..anyway back to Diadora, those Borg's still look cool af!