Wings + Horns F/W 2011 - Page 6

Had emailed Wings + Horns themselves about sizing. This is what they had to say.... "Thank you for your email. If you are a size US 9, you should be good with a size 42. Depending on whether you get the full leather or full suede body, the material will give a little as well as you wear it." Went ahead and got the all black highs. 4 bills for a sneaker. Hot damn. Pricey, but been waiting for these since the first pictures came out...pity to hold off now--will see how they are in a few months.

lol, was it their automated response email saying they will get back to you?

Honestly, Brinbro has a point.

It's hard to justify paying $400 for these sneakers off quality alone. Sure, it's a quality sneaker--suede, leather, leather laces, made in italy. But still, no matter how nice the leather, it's still a small fraction of the price. There simply isn't that much leather used on a shoe.

For $400, you're paying for the design and the desire. If you like it, you want it, and you're willing to pay for it, then it's all good. But don't fool yourself into thinking that its $400 worth of quality materials (of course taking into acct standard markup to the retailer and the retailer to the consumer).

I pre-ordered because it's the cleanest looking black high top sneaker I've seen (with a zipper). I also only have 1 pair of sneakers right now (white jack purcells $50). I don't think I could have pulled the trigger if I didn't have an absolute void in my sneaker collection. But having said that...they look sick!