Can boots be status symbols?

[dontpanicbobby]

Chakka vs Combat; Combat vs Cowboy? Which is better?

 

[no one]

Only if there made for walikn'.

 

[ocnbrze]

hiking boots!!!!!

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I'm tbere @ocnbrze
Do brown boots shine?

 

[rootabaga]

You’re kidding, right?

Boots (and footwear) have long been status symbols.

How else can you explain the success of “Yeezy” shoes?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Who?

 

[ocnbrze]

I'm tbere @ocnbrze
Do brown boots shine?

depends on what they are made of....but yes they can shine.

 

[ocnbrze]

Who?

who?

 

[mikedt]

Chakka vs Combat; Combat vs Cowboy? Which is better?

Maybe, I guess cowboy boots might be a status symbol if you're a cowboy possibly, but otherwise I don't think so. I've worn combat boots when I've needed to, but certainly never thought of them as a status symbol. Don't know what "Chakka" is.

 

[mikedt]

You’re kidding, right?

Boots (and footwear) have long been status symbols.

How else can you explain the success of “Yeezy” shoes?

Never heard of them.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Chakka or Chukka boots were issued in USAF basic training and seldom used again. Here's an I think interesting and informative article about them
https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/the-chukka-boots-guide/

 

[Hadron]

I tend to wear light hiking boots as my normal outdoor footwear.

Any item of clothing can be a status symbol amongst those who care.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

OT: I'm obsessed lately. Except for polo boots I think they are essential footware. Maybe I had a bad pair back then? Leather not suede would definitely make a difference.

 

[Bearsyzf]

Never heard of them.

You're not missing much @mikedt , all his shoes are UGLY af.

 

[joe71]

I have one pair of boots, my steel toe work boots I bought from Walmart roughly five years ago, definitely not what you would wear if you're concerned about fashion and style

 

[The_Chief]

Status symbols aside, NO ONE will remember your boots when you're gone. They won't remember your title, your position, your watch, salary or what you drove. What people will remember about you, for good or bad, is how you made them feel. Did you help them? Did you listen to them? Did you cover for them; praise them in public and admonish them in private? The only thing a "status symbol" (according to the world's definition) will do is make for a beautiful corpse when you're dead. I'd rather have a simple wood coffin and a funeral procession that blocks traffic for miles, full of grieving souls I've helped - in one way or another - to become better than they thought they were.

 

[mikedt]

Dr Martens in oxblood. They were a status symbol for me in 1981.

 

[The_Chief]

I'd show you my Dr. Martens, but they're covered up with dirt & dust. Nice work boots, but definitely work boots

 

[mikedt]

I'd show you my Dr. Martens, but they're covered up with dirt & dust. Nice work boots, but definitely work boots

Well I was only 18 in 1981.

Where I am now, certain other things can be status symbols...

"Well he can't be a man, 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me. "
Jagger & Richards.

 

[Milo Williamson]

I thought I dremp up this thread!!!
It does exists!!!

Wooo...... Go Boots!!!!