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    Time for new shoes

    Current pair are m+s autograph half trainer half shoe, black leather super comfy, but worn out, no longer made.

    Any ideas on a good alternative?

    #2
    Buy Italian. It will impress the mafia next door.

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      #3
      Watch out for paper insoles (lift up the top insole and take a peek). Unbelievably, shops are allowed, and have the gall, to sell shoes made of cardboard, which as soon as they detect a whiff of water will fall apart. I once used to be able to buy great comfy reliable shoes for little money, but cheap shoes seem to be tulip nowadays, or I'm not looking hard enough. Mind you I do find shoes reach their ultimate comfort potential when they are broken in and the sides have given way and have allowed ones toes to escape.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Gruffalo View Post
        Current pair are m+s autograph half trainer half shoe, black leather super comfy, but worn out, no longer made.

        Any ideas on a good alternative?
        Ecco

        http://www.ecco.com/
        Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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          #5
          Call yourself a contractor? Foster & Son | London's oldest established shoemakers 1840 is the only place for shoes.
          merely at clientco for the entertainment

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            #6
            +1

            For day to day shoes you can’t go wrong with ecco, I get one of their range for work, they last 18 months & are so comfy & never give me blisters
            Growing old is mandatory
            Growing up is optional

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              #7
              I buy Cheaneys, properly cobbled in Northampton. Seriously brilliant shoes, one pair will last a lifetime if you look after them properly.

              Cheaney English Shoes | Handmade in England | Official Website

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                #8
                Clarks for work, sensible understated and dependable just like me.
                Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                  #9
                  "pod" for Spod

                  Very comfy

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Vandalay View Post
                    I buy Cheaneys, properly cobbled in Northampton. Seriously brilliant shoes, one pair will last a lifetime if you look after them properly.

                    Cheaney English Shoes | Handmade in England | Official Website
                    Cheaney is what I have been buying for the last few years and am wearing today Not quite sure about a lifetime, but they are jolly good and, I believe, are considered mid-range for those who know about their shoes. I would recommend sending them back to Cheaney to get them repaired rather than a 'slash-and-burn' local cobblers who will make a mess.

                    That said, I bought a pair of Palladium thingies as I was hacked off with the winter salt buggering the shoe leather.

                    In the case of shoes the adage "you get what you pay for" applies.

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