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Horrible brand new clean trainers
I despise them.
I just had to go outside and frantically splosh around in a big muddy puddle outside my flat next to a busy road because I bought a new pair of white converse today. I now have freezing cold wet feet but a moderately dirty pair of trainers. Win?
A group of people walked past and started muttering to one another because I was doing some bizarre contorted dance in a big puddle, by myself, at night.
Is this mental? I can't tell.
totally fucking mental
but in nice harmless way
so it's okay.
^ this is the level of honesty
I like. Tell it like it is.
I think pristine new shoes
unless they're 'smart' shoes (you the kind I mean), are really horrible. There's a real golden phase for all pairs of shoes where for a few months they're at their optimum level of scruffiness.
I'm just speeding up the process of getting to that stage.
status quo said they used to do this
in an interview i once watched so at least you're in good company
Thats good to know
I feel slightly more legit.
A bit silly, I think.
I like white things to be kept white. Its irritating when they get dirty.
I think trainers
definitely need to look a bit worn. Retina-damagingly white trainers are truly horrible.
yeah but its just a bit sad to delibrately get them dirty
like buying trainers that looked distressed.. why?!
also i have old school vans and they look better new.
I see your point but no,
I think its completely different.
Its not a fashion thing because I think that looking 'indie' is about pre-dirtied jeans; I just think that shockingly clean and brand new trainers look hideous. They require a certain level of dirt and filth on them before I can wear them and not feel completely self-conscious walking down the street.
old school vans
look good regardless of their condition. best pair of sneakers i ever owned.
if only shops up here still sold them!
i'm not particularly fond of white sneakers(or trainers as you affectionely call them),
but damn, i would spolosh them in a puddle.
first dunlops i bought
were worn to a gig the same night after half an hour of intensively rubbing dirt into them at the park with a friend.
I've done the park-trip thing before
but the nearest one to me is a bit far away. Plus grass stains on trainers is something I'm not keen on. Puddles and their associated grime are more than satisfactory.
puddles are the best
unwisely i bought the dunlops during the 2003 heatwave