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Jack Purcells by Converse. What a shame/Classic Sneakers
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Haha thanks. They enjoy matching with us for now. I’ll enjoy it while it lasts lol.That is awesome!
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That's painful enough with one my friend!Wait until they have matching college tuition.
... and now I'm stuck thinking of Nelly's Air Force Ones ...
(Yes, Nelly is from St Louis ... from way up here in Canada, St Louis and Atlanta are pretty close to each other.)
Any negative connations attached to shell Cordovan? Sneakers are turning out to be too dangerous.View attachment 1214831
Well, you are walking around with your foot stuck up a dead horse's @$$. That's an admirable combination of self-own and "don't fudge with me!".
My rule for dress shoes is "never wear black unless you have to, and than make sure you do." Probably goes for Pumas too ... so ... blue.
My guess is that you are correct to ID these as genuine. Given your photo of the shoes from behind, the little vertical leather bar below the "Addidas" logo in black appears crooked on the left shoe. So I assume these were "factory seconds" that didn't pass initial QC for sale at full price, and some enterprising individual eventually got hold of these and managed to sell them for a discounted price (but without mentioning the cosmetic flaw to his customers.)
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Thanks @Doc4. I hadn’t noticed that before. I just threw them in the trash. 
Thanks @Doc4. I hadn’t noticed that before. I just threw them in the trash.
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There’s gotta be a pair of Alden’s in here somewhere.
I hope that they have the factory original shoe trees in them as well. Maybe even the bags!
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Mrs. Gold said if the shoe fits...
That enterprising SOB must have found some more laying around the stock room because they are on sale again.
That enterprising SOB must have found some more laying around the stock room because they are on sale again.
When you pay kids $1/day to make shoes quickly for 16 hours 7 days a week, you are bound to get a fairly high rate of QC slip-ups.
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You know what's interesting about St Louis and the American south is years ago they had the closest professional baseball team to this region, and thus there were many St Louis Cardinal fans here, including my grandfather in west Tennessee. The Braves didn't relocate to Atlanta until 1966, so during the golden age of baseball he listened to Cards games on KMOX, a legendary station whose signal carried far and wide.
Regarding Air Force Ones, I found this wonderful essay of appreciation about them a while back and thought you fellow shoe fiends would enjoy it:
Letter of Recommendation: Nike Air Force 1s (Published 2019) - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/nike-air-force-1s-baltimore.html
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The Superstars with these retro socks from American Trench remind of the ‘73 NY Knicks. Considering that 1973 was the last time the Knicks won the NBA title, maybe I don’t want to be reminded.
"word" on the socks. Very hip.
I still love the shoes.
Are those real Levis? Looks like Levis seams, but I do not know if I am quite that "good." If so, also "era" appropriate. You should probably be wearing, what?, a Lacoste shirt? Maybe two of them.
I still love the shoes.
Are those real Levis? Looks like Levis seams, but I do not know if I am quite that "good." If so, also "era" appropriate. You should probably be wearing, what?, a Lacoste shirt? Maybe two of them.
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"word" on the socks. Very hip.
I still love the shoes.
You should probably be wearing, what?, a Lacoste shirt? Maybe two of them.
Two of them? Not at $95 a pop, I’m not.
And no, not Levi’s but rather from Ash & Erie who make jeans for the vertically-challenged.
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