/fa/ - Fashion

they take some time to break in, heard the made in england take even more, until there they will be a fucking pain in the ass, but if you got the right number they will be fine afterwards

>he fell for the doc meme

>>14065479
the leather isnt the problem, it feels good and its very comfortable. It's the footbed, its absolutely brutal. It is literally hard wood or plastic.

>>14065467
fuck off with your stupid ass greentext blog post

>>14065467

Get insoles you fucking sperg

get the newer newton DM lite version

feels like a sneaker that is a boots

feels comfy af as well

>>14065467
Literally no one raves about Docs. They are trash and everyone knows they are. They look childish, the leather is absolute trash and no one will take you seriously wearing them.

>>14065467
That's because the shoes could tell you're a poseur anon

>>14065467
you really should read this post:
>>14065847

>>14065467
>>everyone raves about how dr martens are the bee's knees in terms of comfort
i have never heard anyone say this

>>14065953
You haven't? A pretty standard thing said of docs was always that they're fucking murder for a long time and then "the most comfortable shoes I own."

>>14065467
Boots look sus homie.

I own a pair of docs and they're one of the comfiest shoes I own. Doesn't mean they're gonna be the best for you. "The docs meme" is a meme, just like half the fags on effay, never forget

you need to break them in. it'll take a long time. stop being a fag about it

hate to break it to you but docs are shoes for alt mexican teenage girls now.

While we’re asking boot questions, is it normal for walking boots to have these scratches on the tongue after like a day of walking?

>>14066539
Thats cheapo leather my man and its peeling

Like barely qualifiable as leather. How much did those boots cost you, 10$?

>>14066173
Sus? You mean suspicious? Fake?

>>14065467
>Otherwise new, not a single standar DM boot will be comfortable until they fuck your feet up for a couple of week of everyday wear, it was one of the few pieces advice i actually heard from my father, if you wear them once a week it will take months to be a comfortable shoe

>>14066539
thats normal, its the metal on the eyelets rubbing off onto the leather.

Thoughts about this model in particular? Never worn Dr martens, but I might cop them

>>14067957
no just get a regular chelsea boot, those are hideous

>>14067964
Brand alternatives for Chelsea boots?

>>14067968
do your own research there's a million brands that make them

>>14067957
jesus those are ugly.

>>14065467
it might matter how many times "a couple times" really is. if they were broken in with someone elses feet, they don't really "break in" again to your feet. the shape of your feet and the subtleties in the way you walk will determine how a boot gets broken in and molded.

Buy insoles you fucking caveman

>>14065487
>>14065879
>>14066357
this board is such retards when it comes to docs

they're a staple, they transcend fads and scenes, they've been around since forever, they're good quality (mie), and pretty much every major bootmaker has a homage to the docs look in their repertoire somewhere; they're iconic
you might not like them, but calling them a "meme" just means you don't actually understand fashion

>>14068119
this.
I never really understood why /fa/ has such a problem with docs. Especially when it's about the style and they recommend another brand that looks just the same but isn't a meme somehow. (Yee, I know they were original Martens and so. I don't care)

>>14065467
I wore docs for 5 years straight, they were comfy but I think I had insoles in the entire time

docs would be cool if the sizing wasn't so inconsistent

>>14068193
the made in china ones are made for fat americans with obese ankles.

Look for the made in england ones, preferably vintage (late 80s/early 90s) they are GOAT.

You know all these people who go on about wearing their docs 7 days a week for 20 years? that's because they bought them back in the 80s/90s, when they actually did a proper job.

>>14068208
ok thanks for your reddit spacing history post about old pairs of docs that literally everybody on this board knows. i've had two made in england pairs and a made in thailand pair. all 3 the same size and they all fit differently.

>>14068224
>practice good and clear concise layout in my posting
>HURR REDDIT SPACING

kys

now that this is the doc marten thread, what do you guys think of yellow laces on them?

Idk why everyone raves about Docs

It takes time to break em but afterwards they're the most comfortable boots i own

>>14068119
this. how much of a special little faggot you have to be hate on timeless staple pieces?

>>14068398
in my experience, docs have been shit. I got these (Icon 7b10) for work and the leather cracked in a couple weeks, and the sole was smoothed off in less than 6 months. My colleagues who also wear these have had similar problems and they've even split. They are not built to last at all. We work in a warehouse on our feet for up to 10 hour shifts so we are hard on our boots but for the price we paid for them (we paid for these out of own pockets rather than use the shitty £15 shoes we were given) we expected far better.

This appears to be a trend for DMs now, ever since they moved production to China it has stopped being a staple workboot and more of a fashion statement.

>>14068382
looks sick on the Needles collab pair

>>14067181
go take your meds gramps

>>14068464
sorry I'm not down with the cool kids and their cool speak

>>14068423
Damn these are nice.

>>14068119
nu-/fa/ (the /fa/ that dislikes high fashion, designer clothing and only posts about uniqlo collabs) HATES docs because they've been brainwashed by /pol/ into thinking only sjw libtards wear docs

Here they are with white laces.

Is it /fa/?

Also I put insoles in and they're a lot better now. Been wearing them all day.

>>14068588
They're good, but at least straight lace them. They'll look a lot more fitting. They're a nice pair.

>>14068588
>>14068592
>white lacing your clown shoes
lmao

Straight lacing is a pain in the ass for tightening and untightening.

>>14068722
Lmao total lie. It takes 3mins and 15 secs to straight lace my 14-eyelet boots up, and they stay tight much better than when they're crossed.

>>14068588 depending on where you live, id b carefull; some people still see it as a nazi thing

you might get jumped with these

>>14068971
bring it on, they are steel toe so I would look forward to smashing some antifag jaws open.

>>14068989
you should put purple laces if you're profag

>>14068579
>High Fashion
>DMs
lol

great thread, 10/10 clowns would wear

>>14069018
You are terrible at reading
I'm implying that when /fa/ actually used to be into fashion they used to love docs for good reason, not that docs are high fashion

There's a reason why docs have been on the runway for decades and worn by pretty much every subculture that has ever existed

>>14068777
>>14068592
are your docs made in england?

>>14069050
Fell for it hehe
Regardless, everyone hates on it now because its MiC shit now

>>14069092
>haha I was just pretending to be retarded
also back when /fa/ recognised them for the staple they are, they advised people get the made in england ones if found cheap or to get the shitty ones but understand the quality is cheap and would rec the cheap ones if people asked for cheap black shoes

>>14069104
i still wish i knew they weren't made in england anymore when I bought my last pair. They're so cheap compared to my 20 years old one

>>14069109
They cost like £50, did you really expect a pair of high quality leather derbies for that price?

Anyone know what im doing wrong with the wonder balsam?

I just rub it on my docs and it sits on top, doesnt soak in. I think the plastic coating on the leather is stopping it from going in.

>>14069111
they were more like $200

>>14069131
wew I just checked the official site and they're £100 now, what a rip off
better to go on ebay and get a pair of factory seconds for 1/4 of that

>>14069201
yeah good luck with that

>>14068119
/fa/ mainly consists of insecure teens/young adults and contrarians. The contrarians shit on popular things because that's what they do and all the other spinelles weaklings allow this behaviour by not wearing docs or by not having the balls to reply with "fuck off" to some obvious troll that's just saying ">meme shoes"

>>14069218
last time I got a pair that's what I did, then my dog who was a puppy at the time shredded them to pieces and I haven't had a pair since

>>14068989
Good man, me and some mates had a bit of a skinhead thing back in early noughties and we were getting loads of shit from the posher lefties in the 6th form we were at. Came to blows once or twice.

>>14065467
>spends 70£ on someone’s used shoes
Complains

>>14067202

Ahah ahaha stupidest advice ever. Shoes should never be painful

>>14069258
you're way too old to be here

>>14069278
I'm so slow in the head I'm basically 15 anyway
That's what I told the judge, at least

>>14068181
Corrected grain leather starts to peel the plastic bonded layernoff before it starts looking good

>>14067968
slp, topman, asos, zalando.

>>14065479
>wearing boots that actually need to be broken in

>>14069076
Yeh they are. Good shine, the leather is indeed thicker than on Solovairs and MiC-Docs.

>>14070482
mine have double stitching and even some triple yellow stitching in one spot, never seen that on docs before.