How often do you buy everyday shoes?

[We Are The Witches]

I am talking about shoes you wear normally on a daily basis, not for special occasions (like when you go with grandma to the theatre), nor for specialized activity (like sports shoes you only wear when going out to run).

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

I wear boots, I have two pairs a waterproof pair for winter and the other pair for summer. And I try to make them last for years.
I'm tempted to pick up a set of Solovairs for everything that isn't work.

Do it, solovairs are great. Their chelsea boots have lasted me 4 or 5 years now

My particular brand of autism is an obsession with American manufactured shoes. For everyday, I mostly buy SAS because they're actual cobblers who will resole their products. The last ones I bought were a pair of Thorogood work shoes, but for work shoes, I read that Reebok are actually manufacturing work shoes for postal workers in America so I've been looking into getting a pair of those.

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I'm the same but with euro/UK made shoes.

In general making sure you actually take care of your shoes helps them last longer, though below a certain price point they skimp on materials and process. Leather, regardless of how much you paid, needs cleaning and conditioning and it only takes a couple minutes once in a while to deal with.

 

[Cat tit bingo]

I've worn the same pair of purple air jordans for nearly 9 years now

 

[Frostnipped Todger]

I only buy boots that can be resoled, so once every 5-10 years.
Realistically, I probably have enough boots to last me for the rest of my life, because I buy them when they're on special. My wardrobe looks a bit like Imelda Marcos' but for boots.

 

[Otterly]

If I lived somewhere warmer I’d go barefoot most of the time. I like feeling the earth. Nothing nicer than wandering around a beach and rocks in bare feet in the sunshine .
Everyday sneakers? They just don’t last very long, I tend to get a new pair every year and relegate the old ones to gardening duty until they fall apart. Winter boots tend to last me 5 plus years or so, spring and autumn I like wearing boots, and they last forever if you keep them in good condition.
I’ve still got shoes from twenty five years ago but they’re not generally everyday ones.
Anything I use for gardening gets wrecked.

 

[Lip Glossary]

It would be longer if I could find shoes that were made of actual leather.

Are you interested in cowboy boots? Alvies are great and are real leather and exotic skin boots, et cetera.
They're around $600 a pair but they have a limited lifetime warranty. You still have to get them resoled on your own, of course.

 

[We Are The Witches]

I buy salomon sneakers about once a year so I can have at least one nice and one ugly old pair for warm&dry weather, and the same for cold&wet conditions.

I wanted to ask you, is your KF title a reference to Mafalda?

Every month that i have money to afford them
Usually i spend like 100 dollars so its a 2 to 2 months things

Are you serious? That's so often.

 

[Let it burn to fuckin ash]

Duck Feet lace ups, bought 2 pair over prior 4 yeara, still look great, daily drivers but replace the soles about every other year.

 

[2mm and 99 others]

I wanted to ask you, is your KF title a reference to Mafalda?

It's from Disco Elysium, it's how is my pfp girl called once. If that was a reference to something, I don't know.

 

[BeckhoffAX5702]

About every 6 months to a year depending on how much they wear out. I walk few miles daily.

 

[WE'RE ALL GONNA]

Leather boots last for decades if you take care of them. If you're talking about casual running shoes or sneakers those last at best 3 years, or more if you don't care how shitty they look.

It also matters how heavy you are. If you're a fat fuck who walks around a lot there's a high tax on your shoe's longevity.

 

[Dysnomia]

Once a year. I walk a lot and wear shoes out fast. For winter boots it depends on the kind of winter we had. They might last 2-3 years.

 

[Just A Fat Round Bird]

 

[long waters]

Usually it's around 4-5 years for me. But lately I've been absolutely mental and bought a new pair before my old one gave out, after roughly a year.

 

[souschef]

I have a pair of steel-toed work boots that I wear almost every day. Splurged on them and they’ve lasted me a good four years now and still look great.

Have three different pairs of sneakers I’ll wear when I’m not working, usually replace a pair every couple of years or so.

Have a pair of black leather dress shoes I’ll wear for nights out that I’ve had for about three years.

A man of culture i see