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My Favorites
My Favorite Kinds of footwear are
Platform Sneakers
I just love the look of platform sneakers, mostly the flat ones, but some of the high heels are OK
Running Shoes
Well look at them wow pant pant :o)
Skate Shoes
The feel and look of many of the skatebord sneakers is great,
Athletic Shoes
Many of the athletic footwear of the last decade and a half have been very interesting to me. the technology and art of them is astonishing and
In-line-skates
I like in-line skates too, they look cool
Boots
Not sneakers but I like some of them too
Rubber Boots
Nice shiny and cool :o)
My Favorite Brands of Sneaker are
A.D. One
started by one of the sons of adidas but cooler :o) they are as their logo sais Progressive, really cool street wear sneakers.
Acupuncture
From England, they make some cool skate shoes, but mostly I love many of their Clubing stuff.
Airwalk
Nice look and good feel manufacturer of skate, snowboarding, and active casual footwear and gear. Since they sold out to Zellers and Pay Less Shoes the stylin' and quality has droped off, a lot. There are still some good ones out there.
Converse
I'm not actually much of a fan of Converse, I do like many of the running shoes in the 80's, but I don't like the (Chuck Taylor All-Star) look or feel, although some women can make them look really good.
Etnies
includes skate, surf, snow, bmx, and moto-x team info, and the spring shoe and clothing lines.
FILA
Amazing look and good feel, I love these people and I want a lot more of thier stuff. designer and marketer of athletic and casual footwear, and of activewear, casualwear and sportswear, for men, women and children.
Flow
These rock-didly-ock, I love them. Mostly in the snowboard bize they've had a few really nice skate/street shoes.
John Fluevog
Independent shoe maker from Canada who has a few neato sneakers and some cool shoes
Keen
I'm very keen on Keen's shoes. some of these are amoung my favorites
Nike
Classic stand-by shoes, these are the people who brought in all the "bells and whitles" to the athletic footwear biz, they still make some of the best looking and sexiest sneakers in the world, also many I dislike but thats a different page,
Nose
Went belly up a while ago but they still had some really good shoes, a little narow though.
NorthWave
These are some of the best Italian fat soled sneakers I've ever worn. Comperable if second to A.D. One. The logo I use for this Weeb Site is a NorthWave shoe, it's this one.
Osiris
skateboarding shoes and accessories.
PRO Keds
An old brand with some fine models, There are some that I love like their rain boot sneakers.
Rocket Dog
Has made some of the cutes and coolest sneakers of the late 90s and early 00s. Even some of the few mens were good.
Saucony
shoes for serious athletes I've had several pairs since the mid 80's nice cutioning and comfortable.
Simple
They make simple shoes that fit nice and wear well, and have had a few rare models that have been great shoes.
Skechers
Some great looking shoes but most too narow for me.
Vans
Nice stuff man
Tretorn
I don't like most of their sneakers, but they have some great rubber boots.
X-18
From Iceland they have some radical sneakers, some with a lot of spikes, have a look.
Yellow Cab
Hard to find here in Canada but they've mad a lot of cool stuff :o)

It's dificult to just explain what constituts a favorite shoes. Although a lot of it has to do with the fit as well as the looks.

 

 

 

These are some of my favorites of My Sneakers, in no particular order. You can see all my shoes that I photographed in the sneaker Galleries.

 

 

 

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2005 June 28