What were the "cool shoes" when you were a kid, the ones everybody just HAD to have?
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People now are kind of obsessed with those hideous Croc things. I also remember a time when little girls were obsessed with those weird flip-flop things called Floaties.
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G'day Cowboys22, Thank you for your question. I am so old that I cannot remember having cool shoes that everyone had to have. Regards
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Sadly for a few years in the 80's it was Velcro sneakers. They were actually cool for a couple of years until they became lame again.
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Well when i was a teenager, the 'in' shoes were called Sacha's and you had to buy them from the Sacha shoe store, (only located in cities).. i begged my mother for a pair, they were big platform really ugly shoes in black with beige stitching.. but i HAD to have them. I saved up (they were about £20 and that was about 1979) and my mum took me to Glasgow for a pair!! i was over the moon... think i wore them for about a year lol... oh i loved those shoes, even when i fell down some stairs in Woolworths and had to have stitches in my shin.. they were everything to me!! lol
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I would have to say Hush Puppies
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converse all star.. oh wait they are back in style now! also sketchers and doc martins.
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Those sandles that smelled really bad that were clear. Jellies I do believe is what they were called.
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jellies.... ugh how I loathe them....
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The light up sneakers. I remember my mom bought me a pair in grade 4 and they were $26. At the time I thought of $26 like I would $100 now lol.
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Classic Adidas sneakers.
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The jellies... I never got them, I was soo sad... so I pretended I didn't like them :) AND of course, the light-up sneakers, I HAD to own those... they rocked!!
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Beatle Boots
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men's platform shoes
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Converse.
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Canvase low ankle what we then called, "Nikey's". We all had a pair.. and if we didnt get them new...some of us were humble enough to accept the hand me downs of others.. long has we had some!!! (tellin my age here i imagine)
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The style was 'high tops', acceptable brands in my area were Converse, Nike and Addidas.
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The order from when I was born (1994) 1. 1998-2001: those shoes that light up when you take a step 2. 2001-2004: Heelies 3. 2004-2006: skate shoes 4. 2007: Ug Boots, flats (for girls, boys still skate shoes)
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Ones that didn't have holes in the soles pretty well covered what was cool when I was a kid.
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waffel stompers and what were known at that time as japflaps (guess we weren't very pc in those days).
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Anything by Nike.
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P.F. Flyers. I remember getting a pair of white P.F. Flyers and thought it was awesome.
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it was those awfull reebok pumps. the ones that had this wee buttony thing that you pumped air into the soles of the trainers. IT DID NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
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keds now that's going way back
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either the shoes that flashed.. or for the boys.. those nike ones that you could pump up!
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Saddle shoes, and Keds.
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Those pump shoes for the guys, and I always had to have keds. Jellies were popular when I was a little girl.
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light up trianers and jellies i had pink glittery jellies i loved em...they were so gross!
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HOW ABOUT ZIPS! AND BUSTER BROWN?
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Jelly Shoes. And i think they might be making a re-appearence. At least here anyway!
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It was Vans. Then Chuck's Allstars. Then Pumas (Run DMC)
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Pixie Boots.
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Those bball shoes with the little air pump. And also LA Gear with the lights. I had a pair of those...I wonder where they went....
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Keds and Buster Browns
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I never had a pair but they were called cha cha heels.
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Moccasins.
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Nikes
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Reeboks. Of course we were too poor. My shoes were always so ugly.
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Earth Shoes yo...
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When I was around 6 it was Clarks leather sandals... they had a key in the sole that you could use to open up some thing on the side. They were mainly intended for school, so they looked sensible. Unfortunately for me at the time, my parents always insisted I had my feet professionally measured and fitted for shoes, lest they suffer the effects of ill fitting shoes. The Clarks sandals with the key didn't fit me, and so I never had a pair. Nor was I allowed to wear trainers (sneakers), which meant I never got to experience the pleasure of having a transparent plastic bubble containing a concerned looking Polly Pocket on the side of them. I used to fantasise about cutting that bubble open to add a new Polly Pocket to my set after the trainers no longer fitted me.
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My step mom and my dad didn't care about "in" styles or "cool" stuff. They cared about durability and practicality, so for the most part my brother and I always got a new pair of Buster Brown shoes before school. He got black I got brown, that's why the one year I actually got some "in" shoes I remember it SOOOOO well. I got given a brand new pair of Nike white with the red and blue stripe and insignia on them. I wore those until the bottoms fell off.
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Keds and Hushpuppies..
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clogs.
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Strapless high heeled Candies.
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Clogs,platform heels,puma,adidas
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Light up shoes. :)
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I dunno, but I liked the ones that had little flashing lights when you walked in them.
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Spats
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The ones that lit up when you walked, I "HAD" to have them! : D
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The light up ones.
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Beatle Boots.
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When I was around 10 it was loafers and colored (any color but white) tennis shoes.
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i dont know about when i was younger,but as a teeny bopper everyone was wearing saddle shoes,they were usually white with a black saddle and a reddish orange soles.
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BK Knights.
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jelly shoes
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I always bought Airwalk shoes. cause i was/am cheap.
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Converse All Stars
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Buffalo sandals.....
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jellie shoes
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I know this is aging me but Converse.
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Clarkes magic shoes "shoes made for a princess"...... they had a picture scene inserted into the soles oh..... and Pixie boots
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L.A. Gear Brats!
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A dead rabbit lashed to each foot. (I'm kinda old.)
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The light up ones. They were fun to play with.
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Barta Ponytails. I had such large feet that my mother got frustrated and asked the lady "Just bring the box". I did eventually got a pair to fit. That was in 1966. My daughters take after me with my youngest wearing a size 11. I also remeber the clear plastic ones back in 1964
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Converse and Keds. I did manage to get one pair of yellow Converse. But when I wanted the Keds, my dad told me to just color in a blue patch on the back of a cheap pair...and voila! Needless to say, that I didn't get the Keds....or the cheap knock off....LOL.
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Geez I hope that people remember they were called Zips
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jordans
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The pair thrown over the high wires outside the gymnasium!
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The jellies and the zip-up sneakers. =D
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Reebok Pumps...I think that what they were called...Sooo cool back then.
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deck shoes or topsiders
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Penny loafers and "White Tennis Sneakers."
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Chuck Taylor Converse
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volleys, and i think the dunlop ones...
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platform flip-flops a la spice girls.
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Motorcycle boots handcrafted, made in the USA, and affordable! BUT, I had to buy my own, and keep them in my school locker, as My parents thought only "hoods" wore them!
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I'm really old...it was saddle shoes when I was a kid ... and loafers when I was in high school ... and then tennis shoes.
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the one that lights up everytime u walk
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No,4 kids in the family and a conservative family,we had what ever was cheep.
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GELLIES!! And in every color,with and without glitter sparkle!
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I've no idea. I was mostly happy to have soles on my shoes.
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I thought mmy shoes were cool.....I used to buy them at "THE WILD PAIR" and were really high high heels...some of which were wood heels with the center cut out of the bottom of the heels....now I am paying the price for all the fashion I displayed...bad aching back!!!
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Elementary School - Buffalo sandals and Jack Purcell's. Jr High/Middle School/and High school - Candies, Wallabees, Clogs, Adidas, and Docksiders.
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Jelly shoes.
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