Timberland Boat Shoes- an absolute no go?

[laurette]

What do u think about them?
(sorry, my google's not working at the moment)

 

[softgrey]

you need to post a pic or a link so we have some clue as to what you are on about dear....

 

[laurette]

you need to post a pic or a link so we have some clue as to what you are on about dear....

I would've but as I already wrote google isn't working at the moment

 

[softgrey]

ok then- we'll have to wait i guess...

 

[laurette]

ok then- we'll have to wait i guess...

yep. i can't believe u don't know these shoes, in germany everyone knows them!

 

[Pastry]

do they resemble loafers?
the shoes that every suburban dad/husband/car salesman wears?

 

[laurette]

do they resemble loafers?
the shoes that every suburban dad/husband/car salesman wears?

Yes, here's a link: http://www.jonesbootmaker.com/ebusiness1/images/product/large/Noreen_Brown_L.jpg

 

[Crakk]

For me they are a NO. Horrible.

 

[fashionqueen89]

ewwww. its disgusting

 

[crow_watcher]

If you have a weekend home at the Hamptons and you plan on a boat trip, by all means wear them. Seriously, they would look fine with a pair of rugged jeans and a polo shirt- for that outdoors look.

 

[Yanka]

it reminds me of that awful german boarding school i used to go to... These shoes are TRULY hideus.

 

[laurette]

it reminds me of that awful german boarding school i used to go to... These shoes are TRULY hideus.

I actually come from Germany. Have u been at Salem?

 

[ms.jade]

Nearly everyone in my city wears them (crappy little student's city!!!). Actually I kind of like them. I've got two pairs (the "real" ones and the ones with the flat sole). But I only wear them while walking my dog. For me they're just functional and NO fashion statement. So you would never catch me dead wearing them while walking around in the city... When it's raining I wear rubber boots and if it's not raining I wear Timberlands...
I love this eastcoast "preppy" outdoor style - but only when I'm outdoors. So no topsiders, longchamp bags and barbour jackets for me on the streets

 

[laurette]

what is eastcoast "preppy" style?

 

[ms.jade]

I don't think that there actually exist something what is really called that way and I also don't think that someone living at the eastcoast actually dresses that way... well maybe!
But for me this style is one which a lot of people associate with the eastcoast or the WASP-style (White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant) or just "preppy" something inspired from the british aristocracy.
Those people mostly wear brands like timberland, barbour, burberry (in europe male and female), longchamp, tod's... there're some different brands in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preppy Wikipedia is quite helpful.

Styles like those are "preppy":

and every real preppy needs this book!!!

 

[ms.jade]

I've posted this http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/1427876-post153.html
in "Your city's style" some time ago..
That's the ultimate european "preppy" style in my opinion and from what I see every day...