sandals

[Guest jmatsu]

i couldn't find a thread using the search. like vice, do alot of people hate them?

i personally like them, obviously for summer. any good labels other then the big fashion houses and usual-jap suspects or jap birkenstock?

[minya]

I really, really like the styling of the Visvim Christo, but haven't worn them myself, and don't really feel like spending $200 on sandals.

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not a fan of sandals for men, but that's just me mostly...

My dad has a pair of Costume Nationals he's had for years....those are acceptable, butch enough so that i'd wear them to lounge around in some sidewalk cafe smoking cigars in the summer, probably wouldn't go out to a dinner/drinks or anything in them though.

[Guest jmatsu]

i cannot justify the price as well. they don't even use leather, right?

[goldengloves]

Only flip flops for me. I like the $5 ones from the ABC store.

[canice]

utterly unacceptable. male toes... (shudders)

[poly800rock]

i got a pair of miu miu sandals at the yoox sale last year for like $20...they're actually really good...

[Guest jmatsu]

I really, really like the styling of the Visvim Christo, but haven't worn them myself, and don't really feel like spending $200 on sandals.

i like the look of them, but they are so bulky. too me, this presents a problem because unlike shoes the opening is not up and down. the only method would be slim jeans behind the back end (by your ankle obviously). would this balance work? shorts would be no prob. these might even be too huge for bootcuts (which i do not own).

[onemancult]

being from where i am from, and being raised how i was raised, for reasons that may or may not be in line with how Vice magazine or anyone else seems to look at the issue:

no, no, no, no, no.

no sandals. ever.

it is okay for little boys, i guess, but i always got depressed when my kickball game suffered because my mom put me in sandals. so, in that case, actually, no.

no sandals ever.

maybe on a baby boy, but then his soft baby toes will be vulnerable...

as far as i can tell, people with penises should never wear sandals.

[Guest jmatsu]

utterly unacceptable. male toes... (shudders)

fuck vice! i have beautiful feet!!!

[Guest jmatsu]

being from where i am from, and being raised how i was raised, for reasons that may or may not be in line with how Vice magazine or anyone else seems to look at the issue:

no, no, no, no, no.

no sandals. ever.

it is okay for little boys, i guess, but i always got depressed when my kickball game suffered because my mom put me in sandals. so, in that case, actually, no.

no sandals ever.

maybe on a baby boy, but then his soft baby toes will be vulnerable...

as far as i can tell, people with penises should never wear sandals.

dislcaimer: no flamewar intent

i am genuinely interested in your environment's apparent male-sandal discrimination.

this logic could be similarly and is unjustly directed at slim fitted denim as well. i would think that slim denim would hurt your penis more then sandals (and i do like slim denim);.

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as far as i can tell, people with penises should never wear sandals.

that's how i feel. i mean, i keep my feet groomed but something about goin out in straight up open toed shoes just doesn't seem very masculine to me.

i've felt this way since a kid, i remember i was always wearin sneakers in hot, humid hong kong summers and my mom would try to force me to wear sandals...every time i went out in public with them on i couldn't even keep my head up. it took me a long ass time before i could go out anywhere in open toed shoes, even flip flops to go down the street to pick up the newspaper and some milk.

[goldengloves]

being from where i am from, and being raised how i was raised, for reasons that may or may not be in line with how Vice magazine or anyone else seems to look at the issue:

no, no, no, no, no.

no sandals. ever.

it is okay for little boys, i guess, but i always got depressed when my kickball game suffered because my mom put me in sandals. so, in that case, actually, no.

no sandals ever.

maybe on a baby boy, but then his soft baby toes will be vulnerable...

as far as i can tell, people with penises should never wear sandals.

Haha, too funny. I was the opposite as a kid (and still to this day), I used to do everything without shoes or in sandals and now the bottom of my feet are like rocks.

[Guest jmatsu]

i can understand if someone just personally thinks that it doesn't look good, but to be conditioned by your environment too male sandal-hate without any reasonable logic truly perplexes me.

[goldengloves]

I know a bunch of people who grew up in the city and still to this day don't wear sandals. My best friend grew up in the Bronx and he absolutely refuses to wear anything revealing toe.

[Servo2000]

I think where you live has a large impact on your opinion on open-toed shoes. I personally don't care much for sandals, but I have no problem throwing on a pair of flip flops if I'm feeling lazy. I live damn near goldengloves, so I think the explanation is the ocean. He spends far more time than I do there, unfortunately, but I'm with him when I say that it's all about $5 flip flops.

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girls on the other hand...man i love a girl with proper looking toes. girl's feet is an obsession of mine, when the weather's nice at school and i'm walkin around campus the first thing i notice about 'em is their feet. i mean i don't keep girl's socks and flip flops to smell or anything, it's just a favorite part of the female form for me.

hahaha

[Guest StuckOnStupid]

fuckin chancletas. ewww.

[Guest jmatsu]

i prefer boobs and the ass.

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oh well that goes without saying...i mean i ain't gonna wife a girl with the perfect toes but no tits...goes without saying.

tits > face > legs > ass in my book. coming from asia i'm accustomed to accepting flat asses...to a certain degree. But if she's got a washboard chest, throw some d's on it or it's a no go.

[onemancult]

fuckin chancletas. ewww.

that's right, fuckin' chancletas!!!!!

basically, and i would suppose this is an east coast city thing, but

we hate sandals. except on hot girls with nice feet.

and we hate shorts. except on hot girls with nice legs.

the nakedest a man should ever be in the city is in a wife beater,

and his upper body better be well-developed enough to be showing it

off. otherwise, put on a proper-sized t-shirt, thanks.

i don't know what it is about my environment that has caused this hate

of what is considered staple spring/summer-wear in other places of the

world, besides the fact that it is not at all commonplace to wear those

sorts of things up here. not only is it not commonplace, but somewhere

in our subconscious, we see it as being totally representative of NOT being

from here, which, of course, in a city obsessed with authenticity and street

cred, is not a good thing.

guys in shorts and sandals in NYC reek of tourist or of silly west coast college kid or of immigrant.

not that we don't embrace those things on a certain level... we just don't want to be

those things, or be seen as those things.

i mean, i have other weird fashion rules that have arisen because of weird things

in my childhood..

for instance, when i was very young, i saw an interview with Ice-T on television where

he said, "the only brown a man should ever wear is the dirt in his grave". that sentence has stuck with me through all my life, i can't explain why. the hold it has on me is supremely powerful... ever since then, when i was about 8, i've never worn anything brown in my life.

[Guest jmatsu]

so what if you, for argument's sake- took a vacaction the bahamas or ipanema?

i understand your "when i rome" senitment though and not wanting to look like an out-of-towner. i just wanted to better understand the origin and logic behind this new york attitude.

[ghostdeini]

throw some d's on that bitch

I really don't care what Vice says, if I'm going to the beach or just hanging around, then I'm wearing rubber flip-flops. otherwise I will try to pick up a pair of white slip-ons that I can beat up and wear around the town at nighttime

p.s. every freak should have a picture of my dick on they walls

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if i was to vacation in those places, i'd probably prefer to buy a pair of nice loafers. take em off when walkin on sand, of course...but anywhere else gotta have them on.

[Guest jmatsu]

i'm all for fashion consiousness, but sometimes the scales weigh in favor for that of functionality.

[evisu 2000]

that's right, fuckin' chancletas!!!!!

basically, and i would suppose this is an east coast city thing, but

we hate sandals. except on hot girls with nice feet.

and we hate shorts. except on hot girls with nice legs.

the nakedest a man should ever be in the city is in a wife beater,

and his upper body better be well-developed enough to be showing it

off. otherwise, put on a proper-sized t-shirt, thanks.

i don't know what it is about my environment that has caused this hate

of what is considered staple spring/summer-wear in other places of the

world, besides the fact that it is not at all commonplace to wear those

sorts of things up here. not only is it not commonplace, but somewhere

in our subconscious, we see it as being totally representative of NOT being

from here, which, of course, in a city obsessed with authenticity and street

cred, is not a good thing.

guys in shorts and sandals in NYC reek of tourist or of silly west coast college kid or of immigrant.

not that we don't embrace those things on a certain level... we just don't want to be

those things, or be seen as those things.

i mean, i have other weird fashion rules that have arisen because of weird things

in my childhood..

for instance, when i was very young, i saw an interview with Ice-T on television where

he said, "the only brown a man should ever wear is the dirt in his grave". that sentence has stuck with me through all my life, i can't explain why. the hold it has on me is supremely powerful... ever since then, when i was about 8, i've never worn anything brown in my life.

onemancult is wise, basically. qft.

[onemancult]

so what if you, for argument's sake- took a vacaction the bahamas or ipanema?

i understand your "when i rome" senitment though and not wanting to look like an out-of-towner. i just wanted to better understand the origin and logic behind this new york attitude.

oh, vacation's a different story.

as stated in the "what are you going to look like this spring" thread in superfashion

(actually, a couple of us talked about this exact issue in there, check it out), once you have left 'city limits' and find yourself in a place where wearing said shorts and sandals is a part of everyday life, go with the flow.

it is basically, as you said, a 'when in rome' thing... like a home and away uniform? i dunno.

i'm kind of strict though, i'd not even go for sandals in a tropical clime... a light canvas sneaker without socks would do me just fine.

[Guest jmatsu]

i don't know. i am all for respecting local customs, but from what i gather the distain of sandals is purely based on something silly like i.e. homophobia (not that i am accusing anyone of this). i didn't study anthropology, but usuallly there is an origin for every custom and tradition. that is what i wanted clarified here.

[Servo2000]

if i was to vacation in those places, i'd probably prefer to buy a pair of nice loafers. take em off when walkin on sand, of course...but anywhere else gotta have them on.

I have some pairs of shoes that I'll toss on if I'm going to the beach and know I'll be going elsewhere later. I'll alternate between loafers with no socks (italian style) and light canvas sneakers or slip-ons, again with no socks.

[evisu 2000]

i'd put on some crocs if i were on vacation.