What is the most you have paid for a pair of shoes?

I pay about £40 to £50 for me, and then wear them until they virtually fall off my feet.

Remember getting bought Nike Air Max trainers in 1991 £60 would be about £120-£130 now I think? ran them into the ground still wore them for running with holes in,nowadays never pay more than £40 in fact last 3 pairs of trainers were Adidas between £30-£35 same design found some comfortable ones and stuck.

The most I've paid for shoes , would be about £40 . A couple of months ago , I paid £75 , for a pair of Salomon hiking boots , reduced from £150 .

I paid £115.00 for a pair of Moreschi Brogues in 1992.

They felt worth it as soon as I tried them on, and were in a dark Burgundy/Rosewood colour, that went with all my suits...

I usually buy a pair of Loake Edward brogues every three years or so at around £240 a pop.

When i was into getting myself fit a few years ago i bought a pair of green flash Dunlop trainers for about 15 quid.Went out running in them and not surprisingly fckd my ankle up on the 2nd outing.Took me off the golf course for 3 months ( lesson learned)Most expensive were a pair of waterproof footjoys(£139) which didn't remain waterproof for very long.

Usually buy Timberland for around £100/£120.

I wouldn't pay a lot now but I remember my first pair of Doc Martens were £5 exactly from a local tractor shop, quite a sum I think.

Here's the back story to my OP.

Missus: "You know you usually take me out for Dinner on Valentine's Day?"

Me: "Errr, yeah." I was already wary at this early stage as we've danced this jig before.

Missus: "Well you don't have to bother this year. I want a pair of shoes instead."

Me: "Crocs for work?" More in hope than expectation.

At this point I was shown two bright red monstrosities, the like of which Coco the Clown would be proud to wear. Underneath these garish items was a figure I took at first to be a helpline number. It was the price.

The epilogue to this story is my missus will still expect me to take her out for Valentine's or she'll give me merry hell. Other married blokes will know what I'm talking about.

was a boutique near me about 40 yrs ago the only one that sold fashion type suede,pointed, leopard print,different designs etc shoes with a doc martin sole,used to go for about a £100 a pop ,a good weeks wage , shop was called sliced tomatoes in redcar near boro ,has owned the biggest boutique in Middlesbrough for last 30 years and known country,world wide called PHSYC, like to think my 3/4 grand a year spent in his small boutique helped him on his way .
took the wife out last valentines as she was getting dressed upstairs she shouted down remember when you bought me this for valentines 25 years ago, still fits just as well havnt I done well, I said for foook.s sake woman its only a SCARF ,
CANT BEAT THE AULD ONES

Good one. A solid 8/10.

once i treated myself to a pair of jimmy choo trainers cost me £375

usually pay between £50-£200 for shoes/boots now dfepends what is on special at the time

I used to treat myself to Church's brogues in Jermyn Street from say the mid 80's onwards for 15 years or so. They were around the £120-£150 mark but I haven't bought any for many years now. I've probably got a pair or two in the store cupboard somewhere but I wouldn't bother to wear them nowadays.

So....Slippy....using this site's Historical UK inflation rates and calculator :   
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http://inflation.iamkate.com

Your shoes at £150 would cost now  £460

Did they have glass doors ?

people moan about the price of school uniforms 46 years ago a baretha blazer for school was £50,how much would that cost today after inflation,bearing in mind you can probably buy one today in Tesco for 20 quid

19.99 for me dms

I've bought expensive trainers and the uppers have went incredibly quickly. It almost feels like by design, an inbuilt end of life, just makes me annoyed at the company.

Feb 8, 2019 -- 12:43PM, 1st time poster wrote:

people moan about the price of school uniforms 46 years ago a baretha blazer for school was £50,how much would that cost today after inflation,bearing in mind you can probably buy one today in Tesco for 20 quid

£50 blazer in 1973.....now equivalent value is £630

All made by slave labour in foreign sweatshops now !

^ To get them down to £20

Feb 8, 2019 -- 12:56PM, Just Checking wrote:

I've bought expensive trainers and the uppers have went incredibly quickly. It almost feels like by design, an inbuilt end of life, just makes me annoyed at the company.

Could be fakes.

The Leopard in response to Slippy - "Your shoes at £150 would cost now  £460".
And that is just about exactly what a decent pair of Church's Brogues would cost you today.

I am with Johnny Mustang here; I have only ever bought Loakes, for the past thirty years.  They are excellent value for Division 2 shoes (Church's are Championship by the way. £265 is the most I've paid for a pair of brogue boots, but I have a £120 pair that I have had for 30 years, original uppers but on their third set of soles and heels. One of the joys of proper shoes - almost infinitely repairable if looked after.

Mine was £89 about 35 years ago. It was a pair of Timberland boots; long lasting and very comfortable.

1st Time Poster - re the Barathea blazer - I remember it well.  I attended a Secondary Modern in the late sixties and vaguely posh kids always had barathea AND you could tell the difference.  In later years, I wondered if it was compensation for failing the Eleven Plus

school badge on the pocket, collar up ,big knott in tie ]for rebels,

A pair of trainers £120 reduced to £60 but I don't believe for one second they were ever £120.

£69  at Clark's couple of days ago.

once i treated myself to a pair of jimmy choo trainers cost me £375

usually pay between £50-£200 for shoes/boots now dfepends what is on special at the time

Brilliant.

Knew I could find you on this thread, nellie. I trust you apply the same standards to BDSM costume - not only in terms of quality but in fit. Nothing destroys the ambience of a session quicker than a mail-order costume that makes the wearer look like she belongs on a Beryl Cook postcard. I know nellie is not in that category but I fear for the future, since the best couturiers are on the continent. That's why Brexit is bad.

I once randomly bought a pair of timberland/cat boot look alikes from primark, they were so cheap it was a random impulse punt. Waste of money, the soles cracked right across the bottom after a few wears. False economy. I've real cat boots that still going strong that have seen more action than Harvey Weinsteins's casting couch.

I remember buying shoes that were too small for me, madness as it seems the fashion prevailed for many years. Miles Davis ruined his feet that way.
Last time I checked, "big feet, big meat" shoes were in fashion.

I bought some trainers from Cotton Traders, half price at £20 a pair. They looked great for about four outings, then literally fell apart at the seams. Holes also appeared in the rubber under both heels, which squelched whenever it rained and soaked my feet. A complete waste of money.

My dad (now aged 92) told me years ago, "you only get what you pay for". Generally he is not wrong.

I'm a little addicted to Merrell footwear, i have about 15 pairs and they mostly cost over £100

Up to a point. You might get a nice well made shirt for £10, some fools would spend £90 for the exact same shirt if it had a trendy "logo" on it.

q.v. women and designer handbags etc...

Feb 8, 2019 -- 6:31PM, Just Checking wrote:

I once randomly bought a pair of timberland/cat boot look alikes from primark, they were so cheap it was a random impulse punt. Waste of money, the soles cracked right across the bottom after a few wears. False economy. I've real cat boots that still going strong that have seen more action than Harvey Weinsteins's casting couch.

You pay to walk on your prostitutes ?

I bought a pair of Sendra Chelsea boots recently, 395 Sovs. Seems a little excessive but I will probably be dead in less than 20 years. Before that my mind will go and I shall probably have my arse washed by an Eastern European. I think feeling good about myself now will compensate me for smelling of urine later on in life. You can't take it with you!

As the saying (and Iron Maiden song lyric goes):
"If you're gonna die, die with your Sendra Chelsea boots on"

ANYONE  WHO,S in late 50,s remember Chelsea boots in their teens black with either red or blue nylon lining,

£50 blazer in 1973.....now equivalent value is £630

All made by slave labour in foreign sweatshops now !

Those workers would have been living in abject poverty and dying of malnutrition back in 1973. The sudden recent plunge in levels of global poverty is down to the outsourcing of manufacturing to those foreign sweatshops.

44% of the world population lived in absolute poverty in 1981. Since then, the share of poor people in the world has declined very fast — in fact, faster than ever before in world history. In 32 years, the share of people living in extreme poverty was divided by 4, reaching levels below 11% in 2013. Although the World Bank estimates for 2015 are not yet available, the projections suggest that the incidence of extreme poverty has fallen below 10% for that year.

https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty

I'm sure you are not endorsing slave labour and the use of children to produce the goods that come out of China , India, Malaysia etc ?

^^^
Yes when there was a fire or collapse about 3 years ago in Bangladesh I think it was, the vocal right on activist types that now proliferate were on about boycotting stuff that was made over there in protest at their conditions. How signalling of virtue. But if that had been properly enacted, the people in those countries would have been plunged from "poor" to "absolute poverty with no other recourse" as these factories are their only option. I'm not saying the employers are great and shouldn't create better conditions but things aren't as black and white as some would see it. A few decades ago health and safety was iffy here, people died in factories and discos and so on as fire doors were locked as well.

That ^^^ was to screaming, not the deliberate post misintepreter. The "so you are saying we are lobsters" approach learned from Channel 4 news.

don't get nostalgic them times will ne back after a bojo Brexit,chimmney sweep already booked

Feb 8, 2019 -- 8:35PM, The Leopard wrote:

I'm sure you are not endorsing slave labour and the use of children to produce the goods that come out of China , India, Malaysia etc ?

^^^^ To sfbtw

Feb 8, 2019 -- 8:36PM, Just Checking wrote:

^^^Yes when there was a fire or collapse about 3 years ago in Bangladesh I think it was, the vocal right on activist types that now proliferate were on about boycotting stuff that was made over there in protest at their conditions. How signalling of virtue. But if that had been properly enacted, the people in those countries would have been plunged from "poor" to "absolute poverty with no other recourse" as these factories are their only option. I'm not saying the employers are great and shouldn't create better conditions but things aren't as black and white as some would see it. A few decades ago health and safety was iffy here, people died in factories and discos and so on as fire doors were locked as well.

Here ?  Do you mean the UK ?

'If the factory closes what could I afford to eat?'
By Kayleigh Long and Meta Kong
Business reporters
13 December 2018

Sao Run is worried that if the clothing factory where she works closes down she won't be able to feed herself and her son.

A 34-year-old widow, she has spent almost 13 years making coats and jackets at a facility on the outskirts of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh.

With overtime she can earn up to $250 (£200) a month, but the future of the workshop and others like it in the country is now uncertain due to a continuing political dispute between the European Union (EU) and Cambodia.

Cambodia's garments manufacturing sector has boomed in recent years, in no small part due to the EU granting the country's exports tariff-free access to Europe, starting back in 2012.

This has led to about 200 international fashion brands now using more than 600 factories in the country, lured by both the country's low wages, and the fact they don't have to pay any duties when exporting to the EU.

However, at the start of October the EU warned that Cambodia's tariff-free access to the European single market could come to an end if the government did not improve political freedom and human rights in the country.

...

For Sao Run, who has a three-year-old son to support, this is now a real concern. "The local union in our factory told us that the factory could close if the [EU] taxes are high," she says.

"For me, if the factory closes, what could I afford to eat?"

Another clothing industry factory worker, Yon Chansy, 24, says that she found out about the EU's threat via Facebook, and that she is also now worried she may lose her job.

"I could consider migrating to Thailand if the situation in our country is very bad," she says.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45957193

I'm not saying this situation is ideal. And I'm not saying I'm comfortable with it. But, according to the labourers themselves, it's infinitely better than the alternative. That's the way it is.

About 300 Euro for a pair of Grenson boots about ten years ago.
I wear them all the time (except when dog walking).
Never repaired, never soled.  Value.

Some proper cheap skates around

200 for PCS a good buy

You get what you pay for

Look after things of quality and get years from them

My shoes are stuffed on a rack and vaselined occasionally

I don't have loads 6/8 in total

BTW re primark not everything they sell is crap, there are some real bargains in there, you just have to be selective :)

I think the saying along the lines that "you shouldn't buy something you wouldn't buy if it wasn't on sale" stands.

I'm with Ibra, Merrell shoes are strong and comfortable. Mine were £90 in a sale. I've never paid more than that.

I paid £100 for a pair of Oliver Sweeney shoes in a sale (down from £250) about 10 years back.

Feb 8, 2019 -- 7:55AM, Johnny_Mustang wrote:

I usually buy a pair of Loake Edward brogues every three years or so at around £240 a pop.

Is that the cardboard version Johnny? £2.40

I recently bought two pairs of chelsea boots from Marks for £79 each.  That's the most I've paid.

Have never ever bought expensice shoes very rarely wear any bar funerals,lived in trainers which i spend on average around 160,would love to get a load of old adidas retro trainers but probably a bit old for wearing them..

Have never ever bought expensice shoes very rarely wear any bar funerals,lived in trainers which i spend on average around 160,would love to get a load of old adidas retro trainers but probably a bit old for wearing them..

you can get some nice hoodies to match Giggsy........

Well as you all know I'm one of the Seniors on here. I can beat the lot of you.

I paid 250 quid in 1970 for a pair shoes (Baby Nile Crocodile) in Bally of Switzerland of Bond Street With the famous 'parawet' soles'. Work that out leopard. My suits were by Pierre Balmaian, work out the price for yourselves, My shirts, from Turbball & Asser, my socks from Dore Dore.

In them days i was winning incredible amounts.

Does that make me something special, does it fck.

Got some nice addidas hoodies pecker,some are 10 years old but in really good condition..

Feb 9, 2019 -- 11:21PM, boxingthefox wrote:

Well as you all know I'm one of the Seniors on here. I can beat the lot of you.I paid 250 quid in 1970 for a pair shoes (Baby Nile Crocodile) in Bally of Switzerland of Bond Street With the famous 'parawet' soles'. Work that out leopard. My suits were by Pierre Balmaian, work out the price for yourselves, My shirts, from Turbball & Asser, my socks from Dore Dore.In them days i was winning incredible amounts. Does that make me something special, does it fck.

But you don't like to talk about it !

Once paid just under £300 for a pair of Church brogues from their shop in the Burlington Arcade. In the shop had feet measured and,while stiff, they felt great. Then every time I wore them I got blistered toes and heel. Tried inserts, thicker socks, thinner socks, had them stretched. Probably kept them for about two years before selling on ebay at large loss. Never again.

Never liked Churches Manoleeds for that very reason. Grenson, Loakes, Barkers of Earls Barton, just as good for half the price.

I bought 2 pairs of Allen Edmonds 'loafers' in Boston, $300 a pop gave them aw.ay for the same reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmopROxBnBU

The trick is to stuff them with wet newspaper for a week

Tried that peckerdunne, also tried oil, wearing them 2 hours a day for a couple of months, plus other'tricks, gave up in the end,

The great shoe debate!

Does that make me something special, does it fck.



Yes it bloody well does!

Back to shoes and boots, ego aside.

A third of your life in bed, a third of your life on your feet!

Never never never never never never never

scrimp and save on shoes or beds and in future all my cars will have a cup holder as the other third seems to be spent in cars!

I think Church shoes are magnificent if you get he right size, just kawlity through and through. Mine are over 30 years old but to be fair have not worn them in a long time. I liked Loakes which was a great shoe for the price. Proper shoes prevent back pain and the ache from the nerve down the side of your thigh. I don't got no back pain or femoral / sciatica whatever.

Chelsea Boots!

I have spent less on cars than I am currently spending on boots!

I got some Jeffrey West Chelsea boots too and they make me feel like a million dollars when I wear them even if I haven't got a pot to piss in by comparison to the millionaires of West London.