Who had a pair of these?

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kjnetz@reddit

Those are what my friends and I called Duran Duran shoes. We all had cheap versions of them.

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lubbockin@reddit

Bowie shoes in my school. wedge haircut optional.

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kjnetz@reddit

![gif](giphy|ZTgbMq4hB9fEI) Let’s dance! 👠

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ConsuelaShlepkiss@reddit

I know I had a tan pair...maybe a black pair too? I didn't like them, my mother was the one who bought them for me. My daughter had to get Dinkles for marching band; I joked that I wore the same damn shoes in the 80s.

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squirtloaf@reddit

These aren't the Joe Jackson shoes, these are Capezios.

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ItsDarwinMan82@reddit

WHY?!

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saarlac@reddit

came to ask the same obvious question

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Lalahartma@reddit

I’m ready for a pair now - Fluevogs!

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PresentationNext6469@reddit

British Columbia company. I met the owner once as he was opening the store and got a pair of ankle boots, badass stylist.

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1000thusername@reddit

I had fluevogs (they’re still around!)

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Lalahartma@reddit

Indeed! I’ve quite the collection!

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UrsaMajor7th@reddit

Shoes? I had several pairs.

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vinegar@reddit

I got a similar pair in black for prom. I still have them 39 years later. I have probably worn them less than a dozen times. Weddings and funerals mostly.

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Ok_Command_9808@reddit

My cousin Eddie gave them to my uncle Clark

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Infamous-Yak2864@reddit

Pair in white and a pair in grey...

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CalifGirlDreaming@reddit

I had a white pair and have been looking for them ever since they wore out!

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This-Explanation4366@reddit

![gif](giphy|lz4CcJc147vPnwxVeJ|downsized) Yep, white because that's what the DD guys wore around '82-83. Worst shoes ever for comfort but I was stylin' my 12 year old self 🤣😎✌️

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Icy-Plantain-1719@reddit

Came here for this comment. John Taylor was in these nonstop in the 80s.

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dying-of-boredom1966@reddit

I wondered if Duran Duran had something to do with my love for these shoes, is this why I had them?

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Affectionate-Map2583@reddit

Mine were grey.

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1000thusername@reddit

I’m kind of floored at so many people saying they were h comfortable…! They were like being barefoot. I loved them.

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dcars714@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/0qmlxitk8wrg1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8a9edd41ae774acfb905203d7fd2e4f0f9bc8de Joe Jackson!

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Hta68@reddit

To this day I never understood why white girls rocked them things… that and jelly shoes…. They looked soooo uncomfortable

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NonOYoBiz@reddit (OP)

You aren't wrong I had a job as a cashier in a grocery store in high school and college. These were the shoes I chose to wear. Why I can walk at all now is a complete mystery.

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