New Wave Outpost Forum

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:39 am**

Dave mentioned Capezios in the 'regrets' thread and I couldn't stop laughing...forgot all about those....but what would you consider the OFFICIAL footwear of the discerning new wave fan??

Black/White checked Vans??

Doctor Martins??

I'm going with the one, the only, high top Converse Chuck Taylors. You could afford those. They were cool. They were a friend to the poor/cheap new wave fan!!!

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:40 pm**

We wore penny loafers.
Then again we were doing a Mod/Preppy fusion thing.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:45 pm**

The coolest kids wore checkered vans.

I wore those little jazz shoes like Duran Duran "Rio" era, and then those relaxed soft boots from same group. Looked better than you'd think !

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:59 pm**

EVERYBODY had a pair of checkered vans.
At least after FTARH came out.
For a short period in 11th grade, I wore a pair of all grey "driving shoes".

You'll never catch me doing THAT again!

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:01 pm**

By Capezios, do you mean the soft jazz oxfords?

My girlfriends and I all wore pointy thrift store pumps from the 60's. Or, for casual, pointy little flats . . . and guess what, I just bought a new pair identical to those I wore circa 1983. In summerti

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:05 pm**

Oh yeah, and some of the girls and guys both wore the Converse high tops. They were hard to find in the fairly affluent Seattle 'burb of Bellevue, where I grew up [xx(], and I remember in sophomore year my friend Liz had to take the bus all the way out

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:03 am**

checkered vans. I still got mine!!!

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:50 am**

Green Chuck Taylors. (I now have a pair of red ones, but I saw they are making green again!)

Black wing-tips. (I'm wearing a pair right now)

What we called "fairy boots", black suede boots that folded over on the top. Looked really stupid, especial

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:05 am**

Converse. Preferably black but you couldn't go wrong with any color Converse. Combat Boots. Doc Marten's. VANS!

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:35 am**

Purple Chuck Taylors. Sperry topsiders (for the preppy look). Bowling shoes. Vans (I had all white and tropical).

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:56 am**

Being somewhat of a preppy new waver I wore converse high tops (black or white), topsiders, or canvas boat shoes (white or blue). For dressier occasions penny loafers or pointy black wingtips. I always considered slip on Vans (checkered or otherwise) to

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:50 am**

Holy crap-fairy boots! I forgot about those. I had a pair in the very early 80's. And I had the guido capizios. I don't know what vans are. Are they slip ons? If so, Brooklyn guidos called them decks. Only in white. Lucky for me I got cool and only wore m

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:05 am**

In my Paisley Undergound-Psych-garage revival days I had a pair of beatle boots and a pair of slip on brown boots-I also had a pair of red Chuck T's and a pair of beat-up black loafers

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:06 am**

Skips. Oh wait...that was the 70's![:D][:D][:D]

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:27 am**

I wore the pointy toed black suede shoes and also a pair that laced up like a ballet pointe shoe(I wore these with flourescent or fishnet stockings). For a while, it was cool to wear work boots(for those of us who couldn't afford Doc Martens) and, pretty

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