Be afraid

[ksmith]

Be very afraid.

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[fairestcat]

Nice shoes.

Why am I afraid??

*cowers convincingly*

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Because, glasshopper, Kris is in the clutches of another flippin' timesink!

Those are nice shoes, aren't they? They're Think! brand. Very comfy.

[fairestcat]

You were warned about livejournal, right??

Really, you're not too far gone yet. I actually broke down and paid for not only a paid account, but extra icon space. Then I taught myself how to do animations... And I just keep sinking further.

I'll have to look up that shoe brand though, those are definately very cool. Our main brand addiction around my house is simples, which are big and clunky and positively the comfyest things ever.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

I told her, I did. I told her it would take up more time than the Bujold List...actually I didn't...but yeah, she was warned. heh.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of Think! shoes before I bought these. I went to an upscale shoe store, which I had never entered before, because they sold Merrills, Birks, and other good-to-your-feet brands and I was looking for some cool black shoes that I could wear with the black and grey dress (trouser) suits. The trip to C'ville was approaching, I figured I would be doing some walking around, and my feet being what they are...

The shoe guy measured my feet--can't recall the last time that happened--then bought out a few styles. I had almost settled on a pair of IIRC Danskos. Don't know whether the salesguy sensed I wasn't completely thrilled or if he was too busy making bad jokes and just going off on his own riff, but he bought out these Think! shoes and I was hooked. You can't tell very well from the pic, but the uppers are made from smooth and sueded leather sewn together in swirls. Imagine fractal shoes. With little red tips on the laces. I fell for them because they looked so neat. Said I'd take 'em, and walked right up to the counter. Didn't look at the price until I handed over the c-card. I'm pretty sure it was the most I had ever paid for a pair of shoes. We're nowhere near Manolo Blahnik territory, but it still got my attention. The good news is that they're very comfortable. They had better be.

Think! does have a website, but when I did the search I couldn't find this exact style.

As for icons and LJ...*sigh*.... I'm probably doomed.

Thinking about shoes in German

[(Anonymous)]

I found what appears to be their German homepage (much of it isn't in English), and I found what a much larger picture of the shoes.

http://www.vonkopfbisfuss.de/shop/index.html

On the catalog link on the left side, go to to D-Schnür-Schuhe, and your red-tipped lovelies are about 2/3rds of the way down the page.

Think! makes a *lot* of shoe styles (they have a whole section of sabots! I'm afraid if I bought a pair, I'd be tempted to find a mechanical loom that I could throw them into).

--
Amy Sheldon who occasionally ventures into LJ, although she much prefers newsgrouping.

Re: Thinking about shoes in German

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Those aren't exactly the same shoes--they look like all smooth leather, while mine are smooth and suede. My picture didn't come through the editing very well, so you can't see the detail.

Hey, I clicked on D-Schnur-Schuhe and got a page with more styles. I think I found my Thinks!

http://www.vonkopfbisfuss.de/shop/pd-1879611489.htm?defaultVariants=search0_EQ_37,5_AND_{EOL}&categoryId=11

Yup, it's them. Looks like red-tipped laces are a trademark.

So far, they seem very comfortable. But I can't afford to get into a Think! habit, though.

Re: Thinking about shoes in German

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, I was taken in by the fractal description - the ones on the first page had such a lot of swirls in the leather work. However the ones that actually are yours look more comfortable.

--
Amy