American Made Sneakers?

[brad-t]

Originally Posted by BOF

Supporting "free trade" is pretty much directly against the American worker. Sorry, but you're very wrong on this point.

So what do Americans want? Unfettered, free-market capitalism or "buy from USA companies!" :\\

 

[hnlax]

Originally Posted by Z-Box

I think we've got what you are looking for... We opened a small webstore called Z-........ a few weeks ago and we only sell american made sneakers. Sneakers that are 15 up to 30 year old of age but still in great condition, most of them are actually what we call "deadstock", meaning: new in box. Our stock is very limited though as you may imagine and we don't have a lot of brands, well to tell you the truth we only have two which are Vans and Converse and about 10 different styles but the quality is really great, I mean you won't find any sneakers like that nowadays. However I have to admit that it's more of a vintage/collector-oriented boutique than anything else, these shoes having a lot of history related to the skateboard community, it's like old comic books or toys a lot of people are after them, I guess more for the sentimental/rarity aspect than the "made in the USA" tag. Anyway, I do believe that buying american or even european sneakers is actually a good thing, not just for economical reasons but because made in China shoes are just... crap.

don't think this is the solution he's looking for, as he wants shoes that are going to benefit an american worker today, not 20 years ago.

 

[BOF]

It becomes a problem when we're buying basically everything from overseas (as we are now). US manufacturing has just gotten smaller and smaller as we import more and more. With GM facing bankruptcy, who can say how long Buick will be around? Even if they are, will they keep manufacturing here? Are all the Buicks being purchased in China even manufacured here now?

 

[ctrlaltelite]

where are seavees made?

 

[BOF]

Originally Posted by Uncontrol

So what do Americans want? Unfettered, free-market capitalism or "buy from USA companies!" :\\

It would be better to buy from US companies. The problem arises when there is free trade with countries like China who can produce things cheaply by paying people next to nothing. They produce a lot of cheap crap for Americans to buy, so Americans end up going to WalMart and buying it. What they don't realize is that doing so erodes the middle class, and increasingly as people buy their crap at WalMart, the only place that's left to work is WalMart where they get paid too little to even live off the crap at WalMart. This is obviously over-simplified, but is the gist of the idea.

 

[Jekyll]

Originally Posted by BOF

It would be better to buy from US companies. The problem arises when there is free trade with countries like China who can produce things cheaply by paying people next to nothing. They produce a lot of cheap crap for Americans to buy, so Americans end up going to WalMart and buying it. What they don't realize is that doing so erodes the middle class, and increasingly as people buy their crap at WalMart, the only place that's left to work is WalMart where they get paid too little to even live off the crap at WalMart. This is obviously over-simplified, but is the gist of the idea.

This doesn't make sense.

 

[BOF]

Ok... Let's try another way.

Populations continue to rise. Production continues to be done more efficiently. As population density rises, people have less room for products. As production becomes more efficient, it takes fewer people to produce what is needed.

When a country with lower population density engages in free trade with the denser country, the denser country suddenly has a new market to sell to, while not having room to buy the products of the less densely populated country. So, more goods are made in the densly populated country, taking manufacturing from the less densly populated country.

Therefore, the less densly populated country takes on the unemployment that should have been in the densely populated country, while getting cheap products in return. This is fine for a while, as some adaptation can happen, but it becomes a serious problem when there is free trade with many more densely populated countries (as the US has done increasingly since the 1970's or so). As a result, there have been economic explosions in countries like Japan and China, while the US GDP steadily declines on a per capita basis, making the US worker worse off over all.

 

[onion]

Originally Posted by navysuede

Sneakers???????????

www.rocket7.com makes in the USA

Alden made a nice white sport shoe for www.LeatherSoulhawaii.com
AE doesn't make sneakers, Atleast not yet.
The remaining factories would be Boot makers and most of them are Western Styled.
At one time the state of Maryland had two....Fila Sport and Bata in Belcamp MD
Hersey custom running shoes in Hershey Penn.
Good Luck

This is not true. Allen Edmonds has a few different sneakers. They are all pretty ugly though.

http://www.shoebuy.com/allen-edmonds...-_-none-_-none
http://www.onlineshoes.com/productpa...&ci_sku=163598
http://www.theshoemart.com/cgi-bin/c...ELL&rpro=71500

 

[Biscotti]

Jesus Christ, this is NOT what I wanted this thread to turn into!

Basically I was just hoping that perhaps there was one or two American shoe factories left that made a basic vans-style sneaker, and the answer seems to be no; therefore, let this thread die.

I'll just stick with my chinese made vans...kthnxbyeee, and when I need to purchase another dress boot I'll look to Alden.

Let's let this thread go away.

 

[timpoblete]

I win: http://americanclothing.jp/shopping_detail.php?id=321 http://americanclothing.jp/shopping_detail.php?id=97 http://americanclothing.jp/shopping_detail.php?id=98 New Balance, Made in USA, available in Japan.

 

[CTGuy]

Some New Balance sneakers.

 

[CTGuy]

Originally Posted by BOF

It would be better to buy from US companies. The problem arises when there is free trade with countries like China who can produce things cheaply by paying people next to nothing. They produce a lot of cheap crap for Americans to buy, so Americans end up going to WalMart and buying it. What they don't realize is that doing so erodes the middle class, and increasingly as people buy their crap at WalMart, the only place that's left to work is WalMart where they get paid too little to even live off the crap at WalMart. This is obviously over-simplified, but is the gist of the idea.

He wasn't asking for this type of advice. He wants American made.

 

[__CB__]

Originally Posted by timpoblete

Made in USA, available in Japan.

Boy we're seeing a lot of this lately....

 

[navysuede]

Originally Posted by onion

This is not true. Allen Edmonds has a few different sneakers. They are all pretty ugly though.

http://www.shoebuy.com/allen-edmonds...-_-none-_-none
http://www.onlineshoes.com/productpa...&ci_sku=163598
http://www.theshoemart.com/cgi-bin/c...ELL&rpro=71500

In America....Let me expand on this..AE does not make any sneakers in America. Port Washington
location makes most of the main line and the Handsewns are made in the factory that they own in Maine.They have a newer Italian made line with some different styles but no sneakers made the USA

 

[Crazy]

Originally Posted by ctrlaltelite

where are seavees made?

SeaVees and Aprix (as seen on A Continuous Lean etc.) would be high up on my guess list of shoes possibly made in American, and they both make Vans style sneakers. Anybody up for investigating?