*[Wearing shoes to be “trendy” is already pushing the envelope towards the Grotesque - but if you’re intent on this course of action, here’s what I have to say.]*
INFEASIBLE: Vintage-looking, oddly colored slip-ons
(From Shoes.com)
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m not really into the whole “wow! shit that looks like junk from the 70’s” epidemic. These shoes epitomize that “aesthetic” and, consequently, should be cast to the flames.
Feasible: Slip-ons with one crazy-ass thing about them
(Brought you by Shoes.com)
Now, don’t get the wrong impression: I understand and respect the drive to “wyle out”. That’s fine, such impulses are natural. But vintage clothing ain’t wylin’, never will be; stuff like the above is. Let’s break these Converse down: Decent fabric, seemingly durable, an overall bland design sans the picture of a fucking skull devouring some schmoe’s heart. That’s the point here; without the decal, these shoes are positively boring and the designer realizes this. Wear these on the seldom occasion and you’ll stand apart from the habitual trendster.
