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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:01:35 PM EDT
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I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:02:06 PM EDT
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Shoes with jeans? Sure, why not?
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:02:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Anybody do this? No socks of course. I'm not sure what I think about it, or if it's a faux pas. I just don't want to always wear boots, and I like to avoid tennis shoes when not doing something athletic. I'm thinking that I last wore that combo in the 80's, when Miami Vice was still a first-run show. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:02:51 PM EDT
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Abso-fucking-lutely And I've been doing it for 25 years now, along with most everyone else on the coast.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:03:22 PM EDT
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I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984. I'm wearing a pair right now. Seriously. 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:05:03 PM EDT
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I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984. Coincidentally, I do have a sailboat.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:06:49 PM EDT
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When I'm not wearing flip flops, its Sperry Top Siders. Have a pair in brown and a pair in blue with white sols. Usually its no socks with jeans. Unless its cold out side, then I throw on the ankle socks.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:09:19 PM EDT
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Part of my wardrobe for YEARS.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:12:18 PM EDT
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Wore a pair for my buddy's tropical wedding earlier this Summer … we were both wearing linen slacks with them … I've worn them with other slacks and shorts, but not jeans. That seems like a collision of 2 completely different fashion genres.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:12:58 PM EDT
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Well, this is ARFcom where all the girls decide what shoes go with what outfit, so you've come to the right place.
Boat shoes went out of style with the Member's Only jacket in mid summer, 1988, but don't let that stop you. I say fuck it, mix and match your long-dead inappropriate fashion. Just because you're hundreds of miles from the ocean & not going near a boat doesn't mean you can't dress like it, at least a little bit. Here's how I'd roll if I were you: Pastel cotton blazer, circa Crocket & Tubbs, a big old cowboy hat, pooka shell necklace and some topsiders with no socks. Slap some Journey in the tape deck, start cruising and see what sticks to ya. I think you'll rock that look. You're welcome. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:13:19 PM EDT
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I forgot how comfy those shoes are. I gotta get another pair.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:13:20 PM EDT
[#12]
If you're over 50
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:15:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: I forgot how comfy those shoes are. I gotta get another pair. That's a good point too, the ladies love a man who's comfortable and nothing is as comfortable as a pair of boxers and an old sweatshirt. Let those be the compliment to your topsiders....they'll accentuate your white legs in a way that quite frankly will have the girls wet. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:15:08 PM EDT
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Wore a pair for my buddy's tropical wedding earlier this Summer … we were both wearing linen slacks with them … I've worn them with other slacks and shorts, but not jeans. That seems like a collision of 2 completely different fashion genres. I thought the same thing at first, but I think I'm gonna try it. At least I won't be the only one. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:17:00 PM EDT
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I forgot how comfy those shoes are. I gotta get another pair. That's a good point too, the ladies love a man who's comfortable and nothing is as comfortable as a pair of boxers and an old sweatshirt. Let those be the compliment to your topsiders....they'll accentuate your white legs in a way that quite frankly will have the girls wet. Not everybody can pull off wearing a pair of crocs like you can. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:17:41 PM EDT
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I forgot how comfy those shoes are. I gotta get another pair. That's a good point too, the ladies love a man who's comfortable and nothing is as comfortable as a pair of boxers and an old sweatshirt. Let those be the compliment to your topsiders....they'll accentuate your white legs in a way that quite frankly will have the girls wet. Not everybody can pull off wearing a pair of crocs like you can. 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:19:06 PM EDT
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Quoted: Well, this is ARFcom where all the girls decide what shoes go with what outfit, so you've come to the right place. Boat shoes went out of style with the Member's Only jacket in mid summer, 1988, but don't let that stop you. I say fuck it, mix and match your long-dead inappropriate fashion. Just because you're hundreds of miles from the ocean & not going near a boat doesn't mean you can't dress like it, at least a little bit. Here's how I'd roll if I were you: Pastel cotton blazer, circa Crocket & Tubbs, a big old cowboy hat, pooka shell necklace and some topsiders with no socks. Slap some Journey in the tape deck, start cruising and see what sticks to ya. I think you'll rock that look. You're welcome. Don't Stop Believin'  |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:19:32 PM EDT
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Abso-fucking-lutely And I've been doing it for 25 years now, along with most everyone else on the coast. Thank you. I wear Sperrys sockless in the summer with shorts and casual pants/skirts, with smartwool socks and jeans summer and winter. I have a nicer pair of deck shoes from LL Bean or somewhere that I wear with chinos. About the only place I don't wear them is on the boat, got some of those self-bailing water shoe things for that. They may be out of style in hyphenland, but half the people I see here in coastal Virginia dressed casually are wearing them. Jane |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:20:45 PM EDT
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If you're over 50 Uh.....I'm 52, and don't have a clue what Top Siders are 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:21:34 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Abso-fucking-lutely And I've been doing it for 25 years now, along with most everyone else on the coast. Thank you. I wear Sperrys sockless in the summer with shorts and casual pants/skirts, with smartwool socks and jeans summer and winter. I have a nicer pair of deck shoes from LL Bean or somewhere that I wear with chinos. About the only place I don't wear them is on the boat, got some of those self-bailing water shoe things for that. Jane It's okay for girls to do that, just like wearing sandals, etc. ... |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:22:54 PM EDT
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Mens footwear choices should involve the following:
1 Jump boots A classic brown B classic black 2 combat boots A lug sole B modified chevron |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:27:00 PM EDT
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I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984. I'm wearing a pair right now. Seriously. This is the only believable thing I've read in GD in two weeks.
Seriously. Sorry, PAEBR332, but I have a mental picture of you as a Galvin MacLeod looking gentleman in jeans, Sperrys and a reefer style blazer. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:28:23 PM EDT
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Well, this is ARFcom where all the girls decide what shoes go with what outfit, so you've come to the right place. Boat shoes went out of style with the Member's Only jacket in mid summer, 1988, but don't let that stop you. I say fuck it, mix and match your long-dead inappropriate fashion. Just because you're hundreds of miles from the ocean & not going near a boat doesn't mean you can't dress like it, at least a little bit. Here's how I'd roll if I were you: Pastel cotton blazer, circa Crocket & Tubbs, a big old cowboy hat, pooka shell necklace and some topsiders with no socks. Slap some Journey in the tape deck, start cruising and see what sticks to ya. I think you'll rock that look. You're welcome. Uh-oh, Looks like its time to upgrade my wardrobe. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:32:54 PM EDT
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Abso-fucking-lutely And I've been doing it for 25 years now, along with most everyone else on the coast. Thank you. I wear Sperrys sockless in the summer with shorts and casual pants/skirts, with smartwool socks and jeans summer and winter. I have a nicer pair of deck shoes from LL Bean or somewhere that I wear with chinos. About the only place I don't wear them is on the boat, got some of those self-bailing water shoe things for that. Jane It's okay for girls to do that, just like wearing sandals, etc. ... Seeing you refer to "girls", made me think: I don't believe they're much in fashion for those under thirty. But they're popular with men as well as women over that age where I live. Of course, styles vary in different parts of the country. Jane |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:38:38 PM EDT
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I am old enough and to the point in life I really dont care too much what folks think about my choice in shoes.
I got a pair, and wear them with pants in the summer, usually with khakis or shorts. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:39:30 PM EDT
[#26]
Topsiders and variants of them were all over the place over the summer. I think they're coming back into style.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 12:39:57 PM EDT
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I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984. I'm wearing a pair right now. Seriously. This is the only believable thing I've read in GD in two weeks.
Seriously. Sorry, PAEBR332, but I have a mental picture of you as a Galvin MacLeod looking gentleman in jeans, Sperrys and a reefer style blazer. You guys have some history? No one I know - and that's a fairly eclectic mix - would be caught dead in a double breasted blazer and jeans with or without the Topsiders. Jane |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:07:58 PM EDT
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Obviously, you've never been to Newport, RI.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:22:06 PM EDT
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Obviously, you've never been to Newport, RI. If you're talking to me, actually I've been twice for the WoodenBoat show. Saw a bunch of deck shoes, a bunch of jeans, a few double breasted blazers. Didn't see any of the latter two in combination. One I clearly remember seeing was a fiftish gentleman, gay as christmas, wearing white flannels with his. I confess though I was mostly looking at boats. Jane |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:24:14 PM EDT
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It's OK, as long as you are within a stone's throw of a boat.
Rob |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:24:48 PM EDT
[#31]
About all I wear are top siders of different brands
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:29:06 PM EDT
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Top siders are more ghey than a bag full of dicks.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:36:26 PM EDT
[#33]
I was an undergraduate in the early 60's. Guys my age were cool before most of you were born. STILL ARE!
Lived in jeans & topsiders(no socks) & docksiders (no socks) & shorts. Didn't give a damn then ... don't now! Bring it on ... 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:38:58 PM EDT
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I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984. I'm wearing a pair right now. Seriously. This is the only believable thing I've read in GD in two weeks.
Seriously. Sorry, PAEBR332, but I have a mental picture of you as a Galvin MacLeod looking gentleman in jeans, Sperrys and a reefer style blazer. You guys have some history? No one I know - and that's a fairly eclectic mix - would be caught dead in a double breasted blazer and jeans with or without the Topsiders. Jane It wasn't intended as a slam on him...I had a few multi-millionaire owners when I was flying business jets who dressed in the whole docksiders/blazer thing. For that matter, I didn't know people wore seer-sucker suits socially, until I had that job. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:47:22 PM EDT
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Quoted: I haven't seen a pair of top siders out side of a marina since about 1984. they are coming back for the younger gen. seriously. for an older guy who looks nothing like a boat owner, they may never be appropriate though.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:51:44 PM EDT
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All the time, when I'm sailing.
Sometimes when I'm not.  |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:54:04 PM EDT
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Part of my wardrobe for YEARS. Decades. Sheesh! People wouldn't recognize me if I dressed differently. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:55:02 PM EDT
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I used to wear sperrys, but then I got a set of Timberland deck shoes about 15 years ago.
Talk about non-slip - it was like wearing magnet boots. Unfortunately they don't make them anymore and mine finally wore out. 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:57:33 PM EDT
[#39]
They're called boat shoes and you're not allowed to wear them unless you're on the east coast.
Land logged folks like me are stuck with moccasins.  |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:58:34 PM EDT
[#40]
I wear a comfortable old pair with jeans or shorts all summer.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:58:34 PM EDT
[#41]
Double tap
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Posted: 9/28/2009 1:59:59 PM EDT
[#42]
Are you on a dock, pier or boat? Are you on your way to any of the aforementioned? In not the answer is - no.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:00:21 PM EDT
[#43]
They were kinda big in GA last summer but I haven't seen anybody wearing them his summer
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:01:36 PM EDT
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Uh.....I'm 52, and don't have a clue what Top Siders are I'm glad I'm not the only one who has no idea what the Hell is being discussed here. And I'm not 50 yet. 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:01:41 PM EDT
[#45]
Um.....no
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:03:09 PM EDT
[#46]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I forgot how comfy those shoes are. I gotta get another pair. That's a good point too, the ladies love a man who's comfortable and nothing is as comfortable as a pair of boxers and an old sweatshirt. Let those be the compliment to your topsiders....they'll accentuate your white legs in a way that quite frankly will have the girls wet. Not everybody can pull off wearing a pair of crocs like you can. Comebacks that wound should be narrow and targeted, plausible, at some level make sense or personally injure. Seeing as goofy shoes were the subject of my joke (meaning, the likelihood of me actually wearing another form of silly footwear is slim to none), it makes your insult vague and juvenile. 2.5 for effort, but your landing sucked. Further, that you've chosen to lob the insult against my tongue-in-cheek tirade against asexual boat shoes suggests that a nerve might have been touched and you are, in fact, wearing some topsiders right now. Thanks for playing. |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:03:14 PM EDT
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Mens footwear choices should involve the following: 1 Jump boots A classic brown B classic black 2 combat boots A lug sole B modified chevron If you were a sexual tyrannosaur like me, you'd be wearing green side jungle boots with Panama sole and OD green 550 cord for shoe laces. 
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:04:16 PM EDT
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Abso-fucking-lutely And I've been doing it for 25 years now, along with most everyone else on the coast. fucking right try to think New Sperrys fellas. Not the plastic looking dark brown ones. It's also a nice gesture whn you climb aboard the big buck sport fishermans. This is what I'm currently running. They're beat to shit and all salty but i love the damn things. Not your Daddy's Top Siders |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:06:07 PM EDT
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Mens footwear choices should involve the following: 1 Jump boots A classic brown B classic black 2 combat boots A lug sole B modified chevron I agree UNLESS your tied to a 300lb Marlin. :) |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 2:06:18 PM EDT
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I forgot how comfy those shoes are. I gotta get another pair. That's a good point too, the ladies love a man who's comfortable and nothing is as comfortable as a pair of boxers and an old sweatshirt. Let those be the compliment to your topsiders....they'll accentuate your white legs in a way that quite frankly will have the girls wet. Swing, i'm old and married so i honestly dont give a shit WHAT the "Ladies" like...for that matter though i stuck with the topsiders and no sucks all through the 90's..and still mamanged to keep my bed occupied most of the time |
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