Quote: (03-14-2016 11:56 AM)Travesty Wrote:
^ I am going on the attack here.
Those all black on black little sneakers look like referee shoes for rec league games. Or what a busboy would wear at a restaurant where they have to wear all black to look somewhat dignified.
They say... nothing.
My thoughts exactly.
When I shop shoes online, 90%+ of all men's shoes are either black or dark brown:
To me, these shoes represent the "Greater Beta"s' strategy of
understatement - high value, but wanting to remain in the background, because in the spotlight they will get tested and they can't handle that. They'd rather just passively "get noticed" for the high-value guys that they really are.
On the other side of the spectrum, there are shoes that will put the spotlight on you and make people watch you:
I own the ones on the right, and when I wear them, even good friends will get testy. One recently asked me snidely "are you going to the carnival?" It's because they notice the female attention I get and that they are falling behind. They have to protect their ego now by trying to pull you down to their level.
(I wear them with a light grey trouser, matching yellow belt, and white shirt, which gives me a very balanced colour palette - not carnival-like at all)
If you don't want to go this far, at least splash the old dark brown/black "safe choice" shoe up with a little colour:
Most of these shoes are not expensive by the way - my yellow floris van bommels cost me 300 euros, but the other ones depcited here (melvin & hamilton) are 150 a pair.
Regarding the point that hwuzhere made concerning non-black shoes/leather shoes getting worn out quicker in a club setting where there is spilled booze etc. - yes, they do require higher maintenance efforts. But isn't that the basic principle of "peacocking"? Showing off that "My resources and capabilities are so big, I can handle things that require higher effort - this other guy here with the all black run-of-the-mill sneakers... he can't."