Quality Men's Shoes?
Dec. 14th, 2007 01:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillibetSo, a friend would like to buy shoes for his husband and asked me for advice. I don't have any, so I turn to my widely knowledgeable friends for help.
Now, my friend has a very simple approach to shoes. About once a year he goes to Payless and plunks down $19.99 for a pair of black lace-ups and wears them until they get holes in the soles a year later, when he repeats the process. His husband has a similar process, but doesn't like cheap shoes. So he goes to Bass or Timberland or wherever and plunks down $100 for a pair of black lace-ups and wears them until they get holes in the soles a year later, when he repeats the process.
The question is, are there actually men's shoes of sufficient quality that they would not fall apart in a year or so of constant wear? Can one plunk down $200 or $400 or whatever and actually get shoes that are better?
Any suggestions?
Now, my friend has a very simple approach to shoes. About once a year he goes to Payless and plunks down $19.99 for a pair of black lace-ups and wears them until they get holes in the soles a year later, when he repeats the process. His husband has a similar process, but doesn't like cheap shoes. So he goes to Bass or Timberland or wherever and plunks down $100 for a pair of black lace-ups and wears them until they get holes in the soles a year later, when he repeats the process.
The question is, are there actually men's shoes of sufficient quality that they would not fall apart in a year or so of constant wear? Can one plunk down $200 or $400 or whatever and actually get shoes that are better?
Any suggestions?
