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How many pairs of shoes do you own and what style?

post #1 of 344
8/31/07 at 6:46am
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I'm interested to see if I am alone in my never ending shoelust... [13 that I actually wear]: Royal Elastic Bondoc/White, Navy and Black (knockarounds) Onitsaku Tigers/Red and Yellow GOLA Strip/White Cracked Leather (My favs) Gravis Lowdown/Crimson Corduroy DKNY/Black Ankle Boot Frye Arkansas Chelsea/Brown Banana Rep/Suede Ankle Boot Adidas Nizza Hi/Black Leather PF Flyers No. 5/White Tyvek w/ Japanese Denim Ben Sherman Sacramento/White (least favorite) Chuck All-stars/Navy w/ pinstripes (selling) Older Tigers - Cream and Red Bed Stus - Cream (only worn with one outfit)
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post #2 of 344
8/31/07 at 7:06am
i own 55+ shoes. around 40 sneakers, the rest boots and such. Far too much, especially the sneakers..
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post #3 of 344
8/31/07 at 9:33am
I have Berlutis, Aldens, Crockett and Jones, Pradas, Dolce and Gabbana, Dior, Bettanin & Venturis, Frye, Margiela, etc. I have about 50 pairs of shoes and they are all in excellent condition. I polish them occasionally and they all have cedar shoe trees on. Athletic shoes, about 30 pairs.
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post #4 of 344
8/31/07 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by Maharlika View Post
I have Berlutis, Aldens, Crockett and Jones, Pradas, Dolce and Gabbana, Dior, Bettanin & Venturis, Frye, Margiela, etc. I have about 50 pairs of shoes and they are all in excellent condition. I polish them occasionally and they all have cedar shoe trees on. Athletic shoes, about 30 pairs.

Substitute Lattanzi/Sander and/or Premiata for Berluti and you've just about got my closet as well (I'd also have to add a few pairs of Jean-Michel Cazabat for those random times when one wants to feel like a rockstar). After seeing our similarities in fragrance on the scent thread, I'm wondering if I have a long-lost twin out there (j/k).

Anyway, for athletic shoes, I tend to stick with what I like and get them in different colors. I have six or seven pair of the Puma/Sander collaboration, most all in the classic model (in various colors, black with grey stripe, black/black, white/white, tan/orange, etc.) Other than that, I also have some Helmut Lang and 4-5 old pairs of Prada calf-skin sneakers from 1999 or so and one pair of Mihara Yasuhiro Pumas, but I barely wear them because they're a little loud (electric blue patent leather with orange stripe)...
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post #5 of 344
8/31/07 at 10:28am
about 30 pairs total.
1 black boot
1 black dress shoe
1 brown boot
1 brown dress shoe
3 beater pairs for camping and lawn mowing
2 running pairs
The rest are just athletic/athletic inspired pairs of varying colours.
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post #6 of 344
8/31/07 at 10:38am
Jeeez, and my GF told ME that I have a shoe fetish...
2 pairs of dress shoes (brown and black) from Navy Boot
2 pairs casual from Campers
3 pairs chelsea boots, mostly with buckles: Jill Sander, Bikkembergs, Dolce&Gabbana. These get the most wear
Way too many sneakers, mainly Adidas and Onitsukas in "Hypebeast"-colors
1 pair of Crocs
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post #7 of 344
8/31/07 at 10:52am
lol yeah, I thought I was the odd ball for having lots of shoes until now!

black on black hi-top chucks
black w/ red stitching hi-top chucks
blue hi-top chucks
black & grey checkered vans slip-ons
white w/ little vans logo pattern slip-ons
black vans hi-tops
red vans prison issue
tan vans chukka boots
green/white pumas
green on green diesel remys
blue on blue diesel remys
"jamaca" puma runners
nike runners
brown suede quicksilver chukkas
black quicksilver low-top sneakers
blue adidas synthetics
white w/ japanese flag t.u.x. sneakers

black 3-eye doc martins
black AE stockbridge
brown AE kennetts
black AE hampsteads
brown DHS slip-ons

that's the bulk of them aside from various flip-flops and bad-choice shoes that sit in the back of my closet collecting dust.
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post #8 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:01pm
2 pairs of specialty chucks (this khaki canvas and brown leather model and a blue/grey pinstripe pair) but i rarely wear either of them. Brown gola strides black apc x nikes german army trainers navy sperry topsiders That's it. Brown, black, white, blue. I desperately want new shoes. I really want a pair of: caramel dress shoes i can wear with jeans grey boots like the carpe diem ones (but obviously cheaper) a nice brown pair of boots like some of the varvatos ones i've seen maybe another dress type shoe i can wear casually like those NDC suede brogues or similar to the paul smith or acne shoes i've seen.
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post #9 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:10pm
black on black hi-tops chucks white chucks black purcells white vans slip on Paul Smith white hi-tops DID white hi-tops yellow adidas adicolor black apc x nikes nike sb vanilla ice thrifted brown leather takeo kikuchi zip up boots So I'd like a few pairs of dressier shoes, both formal and to wear with jeans, plus a few more boots.
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post #10 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:21pm
I was just, uh, "discussing" this with my gf, as she thinks I have WAY too many shoes. Whatever!

Grenson captoe bals, brown
Polo MII plaintoe bluchers, black
Polo MII chelseas, brown
Jil Sander faux captoe bluchers, black
Certo medallion toe bluchers, brown suede
J crew bucs, brown suede
Churchill bucs, white suede
J crew boat shoes, brown
Ferragamo bit loafers, brown
Bass weejuns, oxblood
French Shriner plaintoe bluchers (vintage, potentially shell cordovan)
Vasque sundowners, oxblood
Converse J Purcells, blue
Adidas Forest Hills, cream/red
Adidas Lavers, white/green
Nike Terminator hi, green
Nike Dunk hi UL, grey/blue
Vans MJ slipon, white/green
Converse varvatos running shoes, brown/green
Chucks, gray
Chucks, black
Saucony jazz, blue gold (emo shoes)
Camper pelotas, tan/black
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 (beaters)
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 (current runners)

One conspicuous style missing: I NEED a black bal, wholecut or captoe. Anyone have a lead? I'd also like a new pair of boots.
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post #11 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:23pm
Ideally, about 5 dress shoes and 5 trainers are all you need, but I own many more than that.
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post #12 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:25pm
Add all the counts in this thread, multiply by the square root of 27, divide by 0.3765 and add your birth year and you will get the number of shoes owned by aportnoy and sysdoc
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post #13 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:40pm
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Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
Add all the counts in this thread, multiply by the square root of 27, divide by 0.3765 and add your birth year and you will get the number of shoes owned by aportnoy and sysdoc

To be honest, that feels more like collecting (nothing wrong with that). I have about 25 pairs or so and feels like its maybe 10-15 too many. Of course it all varies from person to person but we all have only one set of feet.

Disclaimer: I'm not into pristine shoes, I think leather gains character when it is worn.
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post #14 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:56pm
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Originally Posted by Fuuma View Post
To be honest, that feels more like collecting (nothing wrong with that). I have about 25 pairs or so and feels like its maybe 10-15 too many. Of course it all varies from person to person but we all have only one set of feet.

Disclaimer: I'm not into pristine shoes, I think leather gains character when it is worn.

You're right, I think. Truth be told, I probably wear the same six or seven pairs 95% of the time. Of all my shoes, there are still three or four pairs that I've had for a long time that I've never actually worn. Beyond that, there are several more I've only worn once but keep telling myself I'll find the occasion...
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post #15 of 344
8/31/07 at 12:57pm
2 pair bespoke black cord ankle boots from vass
2 pair black calf (pre-prada) church
1 pair black calf tricker
1 pair crocs
1 pair sneakers
1 pair snow boots

I may have less shoes than anybody else on the board, and possibly the only pair of crocs.
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