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I remember that back in the 80s, the type and style of shoes you wore sometimes labeled a person (NW, Jock, Preppy, Surfer, Rocker, Goth, etc.)Vote for "your" shoe of the 80s and see if you can link a picture to the thread. If I missed your particular shoe, I will add it to the poll.[:)]

I remember sporting a pair of these Sperrys back in the day:
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My parents teased me that I wore nurses shoes.[:p]

I had topsiders (still have some that I wear occasionally), black penny loafers and high top Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars. Also canvas boat shoes in white or blue. You need to add the Converses and unlock the poll

Converse
VANS!
And definately those "Peter Pan/ fairy boots" scrunched down like a lot of NW groups wore.

[quote][i]Originally posted by KYYX4ever[/i]
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And definately those "Peter Pan/ fairy boots" scrunched down like a lot of NW groups wor

[quote][i]Originally posted by scramjet[/i]
<br>I had topsiders (still have some that I wear occasionally), black penny loafers and high to

The Jr. High shoe [8D]:

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Is this similar to the "peter pan" boot. The new romantic/Adam Ant look?
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Along with my Doc Martens, I also had the black or white chinese kung fu shoes which I wore with my rolled up pants and no socks. They are definitely the worst quality shoes ever made but they looked really New Wavey and cool. Because they were worn wit

I forgot the K-Swiss. The VH crowd used to wear these with colored shoe laces.[:D]
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More shoes (no I'm not related to Imelda Marcos):
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I still have a pair of Doc Martens:
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The 80s PE shoe Adidas: Stan Smith[8D]
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I wore a lot of this type of cheap canvas boat shoe back in the day:
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I went through several pairs in white, a couple in blue, and a tan pair.

There was a 3 year period where I only owned Van's and Convers All-Stars.