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texasgrandma took me to several thrift stores, including one called Top Drawer that was a bit upscale -- target towards the university students, is my guess.
They'd just received several dozen sets of new shoes from a shop that had gone out of business -- several dozen sets of Fluevogs, to be precise.ellen_fremedon had been telling me how great these shoes are for a while now... and they certainly are attractive and eye-catching shoes.
At a thrift store...
You see where this is going, don't you?
( Fluevog D.O.G (Disciples of Good) shoes, for cheap )
The hi-top sneakers (the Shawn style) I had to go up a size to get ones that fit the width of my foot, because Fluevog seems to have a narrow footbed as their template. I'm going to need a shoehorn to wear them -- but that's a small price to pay for nifty shoes. And these are nifty shoes -- especially the dressier low-tops (the Adam style). I'll have to figure out places to wear them, especially once the weather turns and I don't have to wear sheepskin boots every time I step outside.
I laced them according to the Over Under Lacing from Ian's Shoelace Site. I might change to one of the bi-colored patterns for the hi-tops, since they're the tricky ones to get on; it's getting past the heel that's the problem, especially because they're vegan, and unlikely to stretch the way leather will.
texasgrandma took me to several thrift stores, including one called Top Drawer that was a bit upscale -- target towards the university students, is my guess.They'd just received several dozen sets of new shoes from a shop that had gone out of business -- several dozen sets of Fluevogs, to be precise.
ellen_fremedon had been telling me how great these shoes are for a while now... and they certainly are attractive and eye-catching shoes.At a thrift store...
You see where this is going, don't you?
( Fluevog D.O.G (Disciples of Good) shoes, for cheap )
The hi-top sneakers (the Shawn style) I had to go up a size to get ones that fit the width of my foot, because Fluevog seems to have a narrow footbed as their template. I'm going to need a shoehorn to wear them -- but that's a small price to pay for nifty shoes. And these are nifty shoes -- especially the dressier low-tops (the Adam style). I'll have to figure out places to wear them, especially once the weather turns and I don't have to wear sheepskin boots every time I step outside.
I laced them according to the Over Under Lacing from Ian's Shoelace Site. I might change to one of the bi-colored patterns for the hi-tops, since they're the tricky ones to get on; it's getting past the heel that's the problem, especially because they're vegan, and unlikely to stretch the way leather will.
