[Closed] Are birkenstock sandals...

So bunnyhop, as a lady ( I presume), what would you suggest?

There was a wink with my post regarding hubby. However I do tend to advise him on his fashion wear, as he's got little (read no) taste.

Anna - how about if you bite your toenails?

Anna - how about if you bite your toenails?

So long as the nails are short. So long as I don't have to watch!

TJ:

I am naked to avoid heatstroke

I am wondering if the part of my brain containing that image can be accessed with a coat hanger via the side of my eyeball.

I am naked to avoid heatstroke

Could've been worse..."I am naked and having a stroke"

IGMC and new Birkenstocks

The shoes TJ posted are indeed deck shoes by name, so are these;

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But TJ is wrong as this (as PP points out) is a loafer;

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Although you can get a bastard hybrid of them both;

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Which I think is where TJ is getting mixed up.

I was told in no uncertain terms that men should not wear any sandals the other day, it's uncool.

I've been wearing them for years.

I was told in no uncertain terms that men should not wear any sandals ... it's uncool.

I've been wearing them for years.

Proof positive.

I'm currently wearing a pair of these, which probably puts me beyond help.
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I think even Jesus would have baulked at those.

And you're missing a trick. Nike do a split-toe sock you could wear with those, just to fully complete the ensemble

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OMG, I mean OMG!!

Deck Shoes on anyone older than 19 are just hidious.. Sperry Topsiders or Sebago or Timberland.. Fek right off.. Don't go there, please, you'll look like your Dad.. or a n*b or both and if you do and possibly wear chinos with pleats then you deserve to be ridiculed by everyone on here..

As for Birks' anything goes Man, jeans rolled/unrolled, shorts.. anything..

And don't bring loafers into this forum please, especially the tasstled variety..

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I use a pair of:

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...but then I am a long, long, way past "40" (pft. Kids.) 😉

[i]And you're missing a trick. Nike do a split-toe sock you could wear with those, just to fully complete the ensemble[/i]

I've got a pair of these, but haven't tried em with the sandals. Would it be a winning combo with the ladies?

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There now these are much more like proper sandals..... much better!

Ian - Choose the right pastel shade for your polo shirt, and You'll be beating them off with a shitty stick

EDIT: Bagpuss - Nice to see you opting for your usual sensible, conservative approach to footwear dear

But they're so pretty and open so functional for hot days.... go for these OP

Ian - if Jesus had worn those his own mother would have stoned him to death.

(whereas if he'd followed bagpuss's advice the world would be a different - and probably nicer - place.)

wunhundred!

2 strap Birkenstocks are acceptable
Crocs are what the cleaner wears.

I never knew* my footwear choice would lead to such debate!

Bagpuss do they come in size 10's?

*of course I knew, who am I kidding?

You'll be fine (said the 50+ man in the 15 year old odour-free Boston 'clog' style Birkis). My mother is German, tho'.

You need to ask yourself would an Italian or Frenchman wear this? If the answer is yes it might be acceptable. If you ask would Clarkson, a German or an American wear this the probability is it is not acceptable.

Very simple

Its always fun working out the nationality of tourists when abroad - the brits are the badly dressed ones usually

What does your boyfriend think?

Birkis are amazing: they are w i d e and comfy and look great with trousers or shorts and make you look like a german or a hippy, and they are great and everything.

I'm quite keen on them, you see 😀

run around barefoot it's great when your soles get all leather like and tough, sandals are the footwear of beelzebub as are any form of loafer.

I have these 😳

or my Tevas

You need to ask yourself would an Italian or Frenchman wear this? If the answer is yes it might be acceptable

Lol.. you think French men are well dressed? And you think foreigners always dress better than Brits! Haha! Have you ever actually been abroad?!

He lives there, doesn't he?

You need to ask yourself would an Italian or Frenchman wear this? If the answer is yes it might be acceptable. If you ask would Clarkson, a German or an American wear this the probability is it is not acceptable.

Very simple

Its always fun working out the nationality of tourists when abroad - the brits are the badly dressed ones usually

I don't think you'll ever see an Italians wearing them they have sence! A These are ll wrong, and so are UGG boats-although not a sandal they still look simple and scruffy and eco made from recycled waste...like!

Wide enough for a gruffolos foot though

You need to ask yourself would an Italian or Frenchman wear this? If the answer is yes it might be acceptable
Lol.. you think French men are well dressed? And you think foreigners always dress better than Brits! Haha! Have you ever actually been abroad?!

+100000 molgrips!

The French are THE most unstylish nation I've EVER seen. Simply hideous!

The Italians can dress up superbly, but day to day they are no different to us. The Yanks are fine, like the Aussies. They dress 'casual outdoorsy' very well. I've got quite a few bits and bobs of clothing and footwear from both countries. 🙂 (Chaco sandals anyone...?)

[i]You need to ask yourself would an Italian or Frenchman wear this?[/i]

My dad's fashion advice is a lot like this, he just asks himself "Would James Bond wear....?"

It pretty much solves every fashion dilemma apparently

Birkenstocks: guaranteed to get you pussy...

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Loved my Birkenstocks - bought in Italy where they sell NARROW for my AAA width feet 😀 . After wearing them down to nothing and effectively rendering the Tevas redundant, I'm back on another pair of Tevas.

I like Clarks sandals, but cant tighten them enough - need six toes per foot.

Well yes I have been abroad and french and italian men dress far better than brits on the whole.

Itsso obvious who the brits abroad are - the one with the bad clothes.

its only 'cos you have no style that you think dressing like Clarkson is acceptable and dressing with style is not.

Birkis are ace. Boston clogs for round the house and the ones with the heel strap (Milano?) so as to avoid floppy-floppy noises for any day when there's no snow on the ground.

P.S. I am middle aged, middle class, uncool and quite comfortable with that thanks very much.

Well yes I have been abroad and french and italian men dress far better than brits on the whole

You have no taste, you've already proved that.

AND I DO NOT DRESS LIKE BLOODY CLARKSON!

Bet you do. Jeans with sports jacket? Untucked shirt, brown shoes with jeans?

TJ, do you not have a suit stolen from Lothian Transport, and wear tracksuit bottoms outside the house?

Nice xenophobic generalisations too, one step away from racism in my book 😉

TJ v's Molly in fashion wars.

This is truly amazing. I've seen pictures of both of you, Molly how you can say anything after the one of you in [i]those[/i] shorts.

There was a wink with my post regarding hubby. However I do tend to advise him on his fashion wear, as he's got little (read no) taste.

I watched a BBC breakfast item where someone was giving practical fashion tips for glampers heading to glastonbury. After a long list of on-trend things that ladies should wear the presenter asked "and what about men, do you have any fashion advice for them this summer?" and she replied "Men?.....pfft, just wear what you want. You'll just get it wrong anyway."

brown shoes with jeans

Molly how you can say anything after the one of you in those shorts

Cycling shorts, mate.. different. In those shorts and a snazzy roadie top I look the biz on my road bike. Especially now I am all ripped and everything thanks to Mr I. Dave of these parts.

Point made Molgrips! No middleaged man looks good in cycling kit.

headfirst - Member

"brown shoes with jeans"

is the only option, shirley? What do you wear? Please don't say black shoes!

I don't wear jeans. I am 50 and have some dignity. If I was only casual footwear would be acceptable not dress shoes.

Point made Molgrips! No middleaged man looks good in cycling kit.

Depends on your physique.

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Kingtut - again rubbish - only a complete lack of style sense would allow you to think so.

Jeezo - I knew the brits were poor in the style stakes but it just gets worse!

No middleaged man looks good in cycling kit

What about this guy?

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Or this one?

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Kingtut - again rubbish - only a complete lack of style sense would allow you to think so.

I look better in Lycra now at the age of 43 than I did at the age of 35.

Heh good trolling TJ, you almost had me there.

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KINGTUT - Member

Kingtut - again rubbish - only a complete lack of style sense would allow you to think so.

I look better in Lycra now at the age of 43 than I did at the age of 35.

Quite possibly - however you don't look good in it. No one does. You look like a plonker in lycra. You just do. We all do apart from the athletic young ladies and a few of the best looking YOUNG men

I look [i]great [/i]in my lycra.

Largely because it's hidden under my baggies.

Quite possibly - however you don't look good in it. No one does. You look like a plonker in lycra. You just do. We all do apart from the athletic young ladies and a few of the best looking YOUNG men

OK point taken, I shall ride with my trackie bottoms tucked into my hiking shoes then, I'm sure I've seen a picture of someone riding a tandem dressed like that.

PP,
'IMO the Government should introduce a 'Sandal License' and police it harshly!'

To stop people wearing them with shorts and socks pulled up to their knees ??

Kingtut - I am completely aware of what I look like - but sometimes I just don't care. I ain't deluded.

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OK from the global epicentre of urban hipster douchebaggery that is Shoreditch.....

This is what I'm poncing around in this summer.

I dont have a pair of ice-lolly shorts but I wish I did.

Fashion Advice from TJ, Hahahahahahahaha!!!!

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Kingtut - I am completely aware of what I look like - but sometimes I just don't care. I ain't deluded.

Yet you care so much about how other people look.

Christ on a bendybus. There are some delusional people on here.

Blokes over the age of 30 wearing lycra are an offense against decency and taste. Its a problem that needs addressing, so that those of us with a glimmer of self-awareness don't have to be lumped (appropriate word) in with these aesthetic abominations as 'cyclists'

Basically, when seen in public the aging lycra-bandit should be immediately arrested and taken for communist style re-education programme.

This 'counseling' should take the form of being forced to look in a full length at the lycra-clad horror, while a coterie of really bitchy gay blokes point at you, and whisper behind their hands at each other

Then repeatedly slapped around the face with a wet fish, whilst being told very loudly the awful (but obvious to everyone else) truth.

"OI!!! WTF DO YOU THINK YOU LOOK LIKE?!! YOU DELUSIONAL HALF-WIT. WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THAT MIRROR?! A FINELY HONED ATHLETE?!! GET A *ING GRIP!! YOU LOOK LIKE AN EXPLOSION IN A *ING SAUSAGE FACTORY. YOU KNOW WHN YOU SEE A FAT BIRD IN LEGGINGS?! EH? AND YOUR STOMACH CHURNS? EH? THAT'S *ING YOU, THAT IS. NOW PUT SOME *ING CLOTHES ON, YOU GIMP!!!

should do the trick 😀

LOL@ Binners

what if you're 10kg lighter at 40 than you were at 30, and unapproachably handsome?

what if you're 10kg lighter at 40 than you were at 30, and unapproachably handsome?

That's me that is 😉

....but not Binners I shouldnt think.....

Blokes over the age of 30 wearing lycra are an offense against decency and taste. Its a problem that needs addressing, so that those of us with a glimmer of self-awareness don't have to be lumped (appropriate word) in with these aesthetic abominations as 'cyclists'

Some of us still have a BMI that is lower than our age and are in possesion off only one belly

This isn't anything at all to do with BMI, you fool! Its about simple dignity, or the lack of.

If this has to be explained, then there's really no hope. Off to the re-education camp with him. Its for your own good. You'll thank me one day I promise you 😉

As if riding a road bike in baggies is any better?

This is quality btw - classic TJ arguing but funny 🙂

I'm confused binners, what goes best with lycra: birkenstocks or deck shoes?

deck shoes? birkenstocks? with lycra? How frightful. I was thinking more.....

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Its about simple dignity, or the lack of

erm... yeah. Pretty much summed it up really. When you're young and daft people will indulge your sillyness.

Whether people want to admit it or not, a man over 30 in lycra solicits only pity

OP your 40 NOT 55. 😆

What next?

Cowboy boots? 🙄

Stand back! Stand back! Jean Paul Gaultier's arrived

This forum is the absolute last place I would ever come for fashion advice.

OP - Reading the thread it reminded me of Amelie's Dad in the film Amelie

binners I am a fashion Tour De Force..

I'm off to the Marble tonight btw

I am cycling i want someting skin tight that does not flap in the wind. I am not trying to look cool if I was i would have a fixie and skinny jeans.
IMHO no one looks good in cycling gear though some folk look trully awful
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I struggle with long sentences

FWIW I have , and wear :-
Deck shoes - 15 years old and comfiest shoes I've got. They've been soaked in salt and fresh water, mud, neglected and [b]still[/b] refuse to look anything other than great IMO.
Sandals - cheap synthetic pair bought in Cyprus 14 years ago and have walked 100's miles, been swimming, rock scrambling etc. - also refuse to die
Flip-flops - 2 pairs, one cheap thick soled beauties bought by a French friend some years ago and are mega comfy even though the thong part has been repaired several times. The other pair, IXS Backcountry (fashionable !!?) bought from CRC last year and are too hard and not comfy at all.

TBH I don't know what's worse, people actually discussing this as if they really care, or me actually bothering to post as I couldn't give a monkeys chuff if others disapprove of my choice of footwear or the fact I am over 50 and still wear flip-flops, deck shoes, sandals, jeans and ...........wait for it.....[i][b]hoodies[/b][/i].

I should obviously be stabbed with something pointy and become my Grandad 8)

EDIT: I draw the line at lycra - but that is purely due to vanity and having bumps where there shouldn't really be any.

people actually discussing this as if they really care,

You do realise this is a joke thread don't you?