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W&H

Does anyone know where I can buy the Balenciaga pleated highs (black)? Must ship to Canada.

those w&h suck

yeah they are awful. liking the balenciagas from the last few pages...and the balmain.

navy lows are nice

Shameless plug but I'm selling a pair of those in 44 just in case someone's interested.

its cool you saw them for cheap and recognized the brand name I understand

 

Great shoes. You should keep and not sell... I'd buy if weren't too big. :))

these blue and white? leather?

W&H look horrific.

Is it acceptable to ask for opinions on these new kind of fall/winter boots (or well they aren't exactly new, but they've seemed to explode in popularity the last months or so) with thick (often Vibram) soles as long as they're baller? 
Really thinking about getting a pair, and I'd like to get a pair that will hold up for atleast 2-3 years with proper care(but hopefully more)
Been mostly looking at the Diemme Firenzes and some Mark McNairys, but anyone have any other suggestions?

I wouldn't say it's "the last few months" they blew up. AFAIK Diemme led the charge on contrast laces way back when, and that had trickled all the way down to DKNY by the time F/W 2010 rolled around:

DKNY fw10 (Click to show)

I have two pairs of Diemmes I like for their contrast soles. Haven't worn them too much as I got them this year after the worst of the winter was over, but they're comfy and I like them. Yours above look a little more streamlined than mine, but one of them is shearling lined which at least partly accounts for its clunkiness in outward appearance. I've heard the soles offer very little traction on ice, though I'm downtown enough I don't really encounter many floes (everything is cement and salted so there's always somewhere safe to step).

Not sure I get the hate for those W+H shoes.

Maybe it's the profile view combined with photographing a size 7, but they just look kind of stubby and childish to me, the blue & white ones (high and low) especially.

I like the gradients, but up close the stitching looks kind of "meh."
Leopard print is okay, but prior version in pony hair was much better.
Jersey looks nice, I think it's slightly darker than prior version.