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The Boat Shoe/Related Shoes Thread

Openzedoor

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I'm thinking either Visvim or Yuketen, in a kind of 'wear them till I die then hand them to the kids' philosophy. Of course I'd probably be paying for them till I die, too.
 

rolling green

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Originally Posted by JanC
Nice. What are they?

Originally Posted by ToruOkada
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where can these be had? Anywhere in the US?
 

RFX45

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Old pic, can't wait to start wearing it again.
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Earnest Hemingway

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I've never liked boat shoes with chunky sneaker-type soles and those haven't made me dislike them any less.
 

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Originally Posted by hunky
Boat shoes are back, like it or not.

welcome to 2007 and please enjoy your stay
 

tonio028

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Originally Posted by jet
welcome to 2007 and please enjoy your stay

LOL.
 

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Wish I could find these somewhere.. Edit - Found them in brown... thoughts?
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Originally Posted by twylo
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Wish I could find these somewhere.. Edit - Found them in brown... thoughts?
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terrible imo i don't care for whatever that is across the front and i certainly don't care for the big **** off green crocodile on the side
 

tonio028

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Originally Posted by pronxs
dont be too downhearted tonio i still love your yellow boat shoes.

Haha thanks, man. I appreciate it. I guess I should post them here in the boat shoes thread...

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Originally Posted by twylo
http://www.streething.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/lacoste-cabestan-cl.jpg

Wish I could find these somewhere..

Edit - Found them in brown... thoughts?

http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2009/...estan-cl-4.jpg


I am not a fan of those for the same reasons hastur mentioned.
 

Superb0bo

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Saw Paraboot boat shoes in store today, really beautiful. Might be the next cop. Looked amazing quality wise, great shape and just overall solid.
 

otc

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Originally Posted by twylo
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Wish I could find these somewhere..

Edit - Found them in brown... thoughts?

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They look just like sperrys except they have an ugly ass rubber thing on the toe covering perfectly good leather...and a damn green crocodile--very un-boat
 

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