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Who had a pair of these?

Posted by NonOYoBiz@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 56 comments

Who had a pair of these?
I had them in black and white.

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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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Monday0987@reddit

Aren't these men's shoes? I think the girls ones had fewer lace holes.
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Hta68@reddit

Could be, I never knew that ..
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bly46@reddit

Yep Capezio jazz shoes, but we wore them for every day with socks.
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AtikGuide@reddit

People have obviously seen no Joe Jackson music videos! Look Sharp, everyone!
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DidelphisGinny@reddit

Jazz shoes!
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666ForMySorrow@reddit

Yes!
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dying-of-boredom1966@reddit

Mine were slippery AF and I fell in them more than a couple times, but I had these, in black and in white.
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fifilachat@reddit

Huh? Zero recollection.
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Braincloud@reddit

Loved these shoes! Never had a pair because they were “too expensive” lol. But I wanted them!
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New-Sheepherder2239@reddit

I had “taupe” because my mother thought they would go with more things. Thanks mom
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Got_Bent@reddit

The Pope?
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Broken-taco-shells@reddit

Nacho Libre
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silkywhitemarble@reddit

Did not, but had friends who did. They looked so uncomfortable!
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Brilliant_Activity39@reddit

Yes. I can confidently verify that they were.
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Brilliant_Activity39@reddit

Had dark grey myself. They were soft and somehow uncomfortable, but they were cool.
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EyeSuspicious777@reddit

Old people had these when we were young. We didn't.
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Starkville@reddit

I had a pair of dove grey ones.
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jdsgram72@reddit

Had a pair in black
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zombeezy17@reddit

Capezios!
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worstpartyever@reddit

Way too far down
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odoylessister@reddit

My uncles
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Strong-Street-3167@reddit

I had a pair in grey and in pink. Loved them!
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LJGuitarPractice@reddit

Yeah I had them in black. They were uncomfortable
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B3rry_Macockiner@reddit

Pee wee Herman
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Indaliai@reddit

Band shoes!!! We had to "polish" them. That's what they look like to me.
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thereisnospoon-1312@reddit

I was going to say, those are band shoes lol
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Human_Reflection_166@reddit

Agree.
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ImplementUseful4923@reddit

Is this the right subreddit?
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justino@reddit

Mike Damone
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RiverWhole4388@reddit

Cousin Eddie
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55gecko@reddit

We had the same black shoes..... The worst.
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