Comments on: The Valenki http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Thu, 24 May 2012 11:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Frigid North http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-20439 Frigid North Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:29:13 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-20439 It's not a fashion statement, it keeps your feet warm....and up here, thank god for that! It’s not a fashion statement, it keeps your feet warm….and up here, thank god for that!

]]> By: Yulka 's daughter http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-18920 Yulka 's daughter Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:10:15 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-18920 i saw the article in the " New York times " two weeks ago. i showed my mother In law , the web site she remembers wearing these boots as a child in Pennsilvania Her parents are from the Ukraine. She said these boots work well . to keep out the cold winds etc. Even wet days. Signed Yulka's Daughter i saw the article in the ” New York times ” two weeks ago.
i showed my mother In law , the web site she remembers wearing these boots
as a child in Pennsilvania Her parents are from the Ukraine. She said these boots work well . to keep out the cold winds etc. Even wet days.

Signed Yulka’s Daughter

]]> By: WarmCanadian http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-16372 WarmCanadian Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:46:28 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-16372 Hi, I have a question for Maha... You provided a picture of a pair of valenkis on January 11th. Do you have any idea where I could find those on the net? Your picture leads to a Russian newspaper...thanks for your help. Hi, I have a question for Maha…

You provided a picture of a pair of valenkis on January 11th. Do you have any idea where I could find those on the net? Your picture leads to a Russian newspaper…thanks for your help.

]]> By: MadRussianChick http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15676 MadRussianChick Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:34:10 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15676 Actually - I live in Russia (where we are currently experiencing record cold - negative 35 and the like - and these boots are actually the best thing to keep you warm. Ugly or not, negative 30 and snow is hard on a person, and they'll do the trick! Actually – I live in Russia (where we are currently experiencing record cold – negative 35 and the like – and these boots are actually the best thing to keep you warm. Ugly or not, negative 30 and snow is hard on a person, and they’ll do the trick!

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15580 La BellaDonna Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:07:23 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15580 Hah! La BellaDonna salutes the Lizzie, and appreciates the old Star Trek reference (wherein Ensign Chekhov averred all inventions originated in Moscow). The Romans, they said it was the gallica solea (‘Gallic shoe’), the Old French, it was the 'galoshe,' the Russians, whose Peter the Great and Catherine the Great loved all things French, they now have the 'kaloshi.' La BellaDonna, she says tomah-to ... Hah! La BellaDonna salutes the Lizzie, and appreciates the old Star Trek reference (wherein Ensign Chekhov averred all inventions originated in Moscow). The Romans, they said it was the gallica solea (‘Gallic shoe’), the Old French, it was the ‘galoshe,’ the Russians, whose Peter the Great and Catherine the Great loved all things French, they now have the ‘kaloshi.’ La BellaDonna, she says tomah-to …

]]> By: Blogging For Fashion » Blog Archive » Trust the Manolo… http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15559 Blogging For Fashion » Blog Archive » Trust the Manolo… Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:38:41 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15559 [...] 8230; January 15th, 2006 Do not be wearing the Valenki. Leave a Comment [...] [...] 8230; January 15th, 2006 Do not be wearing the Valenki. Leave a Comment [...]

]]> By: Paul Danish http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15556 Paul Danish Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:09:14 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15556 Alexander Werth, the British war correspondent who covered the war on the Eastern Front from start to finish and wrote a 1,000 page history of it -- "Russia At War 1941-1945" -- spoke quite highly of Valenki. He said it was one of the things that made a difference in 1941 and in 1942 when the Russians were fighting with their backs to the wall in front of Moscow and Stalingrad respectively. The boots allowed Soviet units to operate in conditions that German forces found debilitating. That's a pretty compelling endorsement of Valenki's functionality, if not its shelf appeal. (Of course, that doesn't mean the boots might not leave you feeling cold and miserable, just not suffering from terminal frost bite.) Alexander Werth, the British war correspondent who covered the war on the Eastern Front from start to finish and wrote a 1,000 page history of it — “Russia At War 1941-1945″ — spoke quite highly of Valenki. He said it was one of the things that made a difference in 1941 and in 1942 when the Russians were fighting with their backs to the wall in front of Moscow and Stalingrad respectively. The boots allowed Soviet units to operate in conditions that German forces found debilitating. That’s a pretty compelling endorsement of Valenki’s functionality, if not its shelf appeal. (Of course, that doesn’t mean the boots might not leave you feeling cold and miserable, just not suffering from terminal frost bite.)

]]> By: Apollonia http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15517 Apollonia Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:54:13 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15517 The Ivan Denisovich, he is the great character of the literature, but he is not the paragon of fashion. The Ivan Denisovich, he is the great character of the literature, but he is not the paragon of fashion.

]]> By: Carol http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15516 Carol Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:30:16 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15516 Even my last name which ends in -ski and my thick Polish ankles could not entice me to try the Valenki. Good call, Manolo. From your mouth to Paris Hilton's ear. Even my last name which ends in -ski and my thick Polish ankles could not entice me to try the Valenki. Good call, Manolo. From your mouth to Paris Hilton’s ear.

]]> By: angry russian http://shoeblogs.com/2006/01/11/the-valenki/comment-page-1/#comment-15513 angry russian Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:31:29 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/01/10/the-valenki/#comment-15513 I got that, i thought it was pretty funny too. I got that, i thought it was pretty funny too.

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