The Sneakers we wear with our jeans

[Double 0 Soul]

Correct me if i'm wrong @Geeman .. but the last time i dropped by this thread, i'm sure your second image down at the top of the previous page was in landscape, it had been in landscape for months, now it's in portrait? so not only are you having issues posting in the correct orientation, the forum is flipping your old images.

Edited February 26, 2024 by Double 0 Soul

[Geeman]

No mate, that's the original orientation 

[spidereye]

Vans PM slip on & Sk8-hi with his signature it .(⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠)

[Spiraltoy]

On the topic of skate or skate inspired footwear:

 

Eytys wave. Worn with Valencia st ‘55s.

Edited March 1, 2024 by Spiraltoy

[Broark]

Something completely out of left field. Swung by the new Self Edge Austin location last weekend for their opening day and picked up a pair of Rick Owens sneakers.
If you would've asked me 5 years ago if I would wear Rick Owens I probably would've laughed at you.

[MJF9]

@Broark must say they caught my eye too... they look pretty robust?

[Broark]

@MJF9 Very hefty and well made, they feel much more like a shoe / boot as opposed to a sneaker.

[Maynard Friedman]

Is that the $760 pair @Broark 😳

[Broark]

@Maynard Friedman Maybe...just don't tell my wife.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

50 minutes ago, Broark said:

I probably would've laughed at you.

Who's laughing now?! 😅

[ATWM]

Based on this I don’t see SE Austin being a good thing for you in any way haha. 

[chicote]

Worst case scenario @Broark, the SE Austin guys can probably build you a small apartment behind the shop...

[julian-wolf]

4 hours ago, Broark said:

If you would've asked me 5 years ago if I would wear Rick Owens I probably would've laughed at you.

What changed?

[Broark]

7 minutes ago, julian-wolf said:

What changed?

I think this design is a lot more understated and not flashy at all.
I used to exclusively think of Rick Owens from the goth-ninja perspective. Guys like this.

[Maynard Friedman]

Now that the sun has finally started to break through the perma-cloud cover over London, I thought I'd throw away my old, worn-out green/orange Delphins and replace them with this orange/aqua pair. Hopefully they’ll put a spring in my step for Spring!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Very late to the party...

Didn't really got the info these Nike Killshot 2 became available outside of J Crew and would be available in Germany. They were even on sale.

they will replace my Veja soon, as those are pretty hammered. Also same colorway. 

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

On 4/23/2024 at 5:09 PM, Broark said:

Something completely out of left field. Swung by the new Self Edge Austin location last weekend for their opening day and picked up a pair of Rick Owens sneakers.
If you would've asked me 5 years ago if I would wear Rick Owens I probably would've laughed at you.

nice pair, these remind me of the trainers Tom York of Radiohead used to wear back in the mid 90s, guess they were Skechers...

[mondo]

feels like 90s Thom Yorke would have worn Nose.. anyone remember those?

I recall a written interview where he was described as having "stepped into a pair of small hovercraft"

Edited May 14, 2024 by mondo

[youngofthesoonest]

1 hour ago, Sympathy-For-The-Denim said:

nice pair, these remind me of the trainers Tom York of Radiohead used to wear back in the mid 90s, guess they were Skechers...

now he wears a lot of Rick Owens so it's likely that he wears these sneakers too. 

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

its "Thom Yorke" of course 😔

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

52 minutes ago, mondo said:

feels like 90s Thom Yorke would have worn Nose.. anyone remember those?

I recall a written interview where he was described as having "stepped into a pair of small hovercraft"

found those on Ebay:

[ATWM]

I'm cool with some of the 90's things that have come back, but eesh, I was no fan of ^ when I was 14 and it's one of the more rare things that I feel I was right about at that age.  

[spidereye]

E's excel OG 

[fabes]

2 hours ago, spidereye said:

E's excel OG 

Do a kickflip! 

[spidereye]

@fabes can't skate anymore (⁠｡⁠•́⁠︿⁠•̀⁠｡⁠) will give it a try soon.

[Broark]

Finally trying a pair of these Sols sneakers, they're pretty nice!
They actually made a pair in size 29 cm. this time so I had to try them out (all previous models only went up to 28 cm.)
I think they're loosely inspired by Purcell's, there's 5 layers of rubber on the toe cap which is kind of impressive.

[julian-wolf]

What’s their deal? Where did you purchase, etc.? Never heard of them, but I’ve been thinking for a few months now about re-entering a sneakers era

[Broark]

@julian-wolf I remember seeing them years ago from Inventory Magazine (RIP), at the time they almost exclusively offered chukka style sneakers.
Now it seems like they release one model every few months, I purchased these from Persica: https://store.persica.jp/en/products/vp128623-milk
And you can actually look at all their previous models on the Persica collection page: https://store.persica.jp/en/collections/sols

Not really sure about much info on the brand (they hardly advertise anything) but the quality feel in line with Asahi / Doek / Moonstar.
Honestly they are probably a private label manufactured by Moonstar.
The insole feels sturdy and actually has a little arch support which is rare for JP canvas shoes.
Just received them yesterday and wore them to work today for the first time, pretty comfy so far.

[olmecasteve]

@Broark Those look great! Just wish they made a hi top model.

[spidereye]

@Broarkthose are clean fresh look *⁠\⁠0⁠/⁠* nice