Chucking your Chucks

[ArtOrSartor]

I suspect that at least a few of you gents are longer in the tooth and have been through a few pairs more Converses than me. Maybe it's just me, but when people start telling me that it's time to get rid of a 'ratty' old article of clothing, I have a hard time seeing anything but a favored, worn-in piece of my wardrobe. In particular, I get nagged about my All-Stars. They're falling apart, they've got holes in them, the color is changing, etcetera. I was always under the impression that this was the point, that each pair would disintegrate uniquely to the wear and wearer.

At what point do you decide they have to go?

 

[giraffe lookout]

It's time to let go when you are turning to the internet for the answer.

 

[Eason]

Chucks are for the gym and trips to the laundromat

 

[Ike]

Meh, when I got out of college I stopped wearing them on a regular basis. If anything, I have a pair of Jack Purcell's that are my go-to "dad shoes" when I need something casual. (And I'm 26 and far from being a dad, but they're still dad shoes.)

Converses will always have a modicum of cool for certain situations. I guess I'd probably break out my All Stars... for a baseball game?

 

[Makeshift_Robot]

I stopped wearing one pair when the soles stopped adhering to the sides and just sort of flapped around. Then I stopped wearing another when they developed a series of tears along the side so that you could see my socks through them. Does that help?

 

[TyCooN]

don't like chucks. They feel too cheap. Jack Purcells are coo

 

[dtmt]

never get tired of seeing optical white hi's properly broken in, but it's difficult to get them to that state because they usually just disintegrate first. Other than that they usually just look cheap and ugly, specially the lows.

 

[DerekS]

i wore the hell outta mine. Last time they were on my feet me and some buddies were left at a bar by some girls who were upset and embarrassed at our drunken behavior and we had to walk a few miles back ot my car at 4 am. they were shot before the walk....after...the top was coming apart from the sole on the heel. I cant seem to throw them out,...never will. they were on my feet for some of the best/wildest/dont repeat this nights of my life.

 

[aphextwin07]

Originally Posted by giraffe lookout

It's time to let go when you are turning to the internet for the answer.

this. lol.