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Originally Posted by
Gdot 
IMO these infamous shoes are a ridiculous public relations stunt.
I'm all for buying quality goods and maintaining them until they die. But these are beyond my tolerance for opulent decrepitude.
So at what point do they become a publicity stunt? 20 years? 30? 40?
He's been consistent in advocating for durable goods, and advocating materials like wool and leather that are natural and renewable. If it's a publicity stunt, it's one that's been ongoing for most of his adult life, and at that point, it's one I can certainly respect.
Also, I recently became a member of the patched shoes club (an old pair of loafers) and you'd be surprised how easy and natural feeling it is to have an old, well loved pair of shoes fixed for another day. And if you just keep doing that, you wind up with shoes like those. It's the path of least resistance. Buying a new pair requires a decision to finally replace the well worn ones and go through the break in period, ect.
My feeling is that he just doesn't like to replace stuff when it can still be fixed. And after you do that a certain amount, actually making the decision to replace them would be tantamount to murder. The day those shoes get replaced is the day the uppers tear from the welt, which is about the same day my old pair of penny loafers do.
