You’ve all seen what I am talking about, those none descript, all white shoes that you see every guy over 40 wearing. They are brand names, usually Reebok or Asics, but the most boring shoes of that brand. The shoes have special names but you wouldn’t recognize them even if you were a scholar on that particular brand. They look like a combination of a running shoe and walking shoe, but I wouldn’t do either activity in these shoes. The guys who wear these “dad shoes” aren’t your normal fashion junkies or even guys who like to shop for clothes. They will claim the only reason they wear the shoes are because they are so comfortable. I call bullshit on this thinking. The real reason is most men don’t care enough about how they dress and look. The biggest excuse is, “’I’m married!’ or ‘who I am I trying to impress?’” How about have some pride and dignity in the way you look.
I am not talking about buying the most expensive shoes in the store or starting a shoe collection, just try something different. Maybe instead of going with these shoes, maybe go with one of the New Balance Classics (I blogged about) or even the Adidas Superstar. Those two shoes cost just as much as any of the “dad shoes” I found online. Let’s be honest with ourselves here, these shoes are hideous. Why would you let anyone you know go out in public with these on? Even some of the of the most basic shoes can have style and can still be really comfortable. There’s the other excuse of, “those shoes are too young for me’ or ‘I could never pull those off.’” If you pair them with the right pair of jeans and a simple colored tee, you can’t go wrong. You don’t have to go out, pick up a neon colored pair of dunks, and some skinny jeans. You can still dress your age while not dressing above your age.
I think the reason why people buy these shoes and pass them off as ok, is because they are just lazy. Which is hilarious because most of the “dad shoes” are running shoes, and the guys wearing these shoes look like the last time they ran a mile was high school gym class. The whole point of this rant is not to make people feel bad about not having the coolest shoes or the most expensive, but to just enlighten those who think they have to settle for mediocre shoes. Use my blog as a tool to guide yourself into fashion freedom and stop settling. Shop around and step outside your shitty little box.
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