Comments on: The Chucks Without the Laces

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:16:19 +0000

I bought a black pair of these at JC Penny’s simply because they were only 15 dollars and I knew my mother would think they were ugly. (I do too.) No doubt I had a blast at school attracting everyone’s attention to my new silly shoes. They don’t look as bad if you stare at them for a while! And the answer to everyone’s question: They stay on because they are sewn around the three loops on the bottom. (making it tricky to put laces it. I tried, but I got it.) Also, at the top of the tongue there is a bit of elastic. I must say that they grew on me after a while. However, I did buy shoelaces with my favorite cartoon on them. Yes, I’m a dork.

By: all stars

all stars — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:52:00 +0000

These shoes are bad. Here is further reporting.

http://sanbenitoallstars.typepad.com/san_benito_all_stars/2005/06/curiouser_and_c.html

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:55:16 +0000

Derrida is a bore and those Chuck T’s have got to go. I love that we share the same opinions in philosophy and sneakers!

By: Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:57:45 +0000

My daughter, 9 now, LOVES Chucks. I bought her a pink and orange pair, and she has a black pair. I have my own, that are red, white and blue, like the flag. I will never give them up!

By: beth

beth — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:45:03 +0000

They stay on because under the tongue of the sneaker is elastic…

By: The Charlotte Allen

The Charlotte Allen — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:33:03 +0000

Ah, very helpful, Clockwork Clementine: a tradeoff of aesthetics for superior science. And I may not be a toadie, SuperMex, but I sure do love “academia nuts”.

By: a clockwork clementine

a clockwork clementine — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:16:42 +0000

To Mlle. Charlotte Allen:

I believe that the recent trend toward mesh & other synthetic fabrics for the sporting sneaker is the issue of weight and breathability if & when the sneaker is put to the use it was intended for: running or other sport. There really is nothing quite so fetid as peeling off a pair of sweat-soaked leather shoes after a game of racquetball or a sprint through the park. The mesh, on the other hand, keeps the feets cool and light, allowing for less of the funk, and more of the elegant stride.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:15:49 +0000

Academia Nuts. That’s a good name for a blog (preferably written by a professor from the University of Hawaii). Anyone?

By: SuperMex

SuperMex — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:01:27 +0000

Tut, tut, Charlotte Allen. We toadies must endure you hipper-than-thou humanitarians, too. Oh, the slings and arrows of academia nuts.

By: The Charlotte Allen

The Charlotte Allen — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:22:26 +0000

As a confirmed loather of Jacques Derrida and his toadies too numerous to mention whom I’m forced to endure in academia, I wonder if others share my discomfiture at the substitution of nylon mesh for soft, foot-caressing leather in athletic shoes of other brands besides the Chucks.

I’ve been a longtime fan when buying sneaks of the Reebok classic leather casual hightop, which used to come in a dazzling array of happy feminina colors such as soft yellow, turquoise blue, and violet. Now, the leather version is available only in somber black or blinding white–so to buy a pink pair this spring, I had to settle for mesh, with which I’m not entirely happy. Mesh seems affectedly juvenile, in contrast to grown-up leather.

What is this with all the mesh? Is it some sort of shoe-world “jouissance” or “vive la differance”? I’m just curious.