Tuesday 20 December 2011

Plimsolls vs Vans...

Can anyone remember the classic white plimsolls of the '70s?... Did your parents used to buy them ?..send you off to school with brand new plimsolls, have you feeling 'top of the world' all day

That brand new plimsoll smell



Pick them up cheap I’m sure but it wasn't about the money... they were nice!!
I had several pairs, and I also used to have this white paint/paste thing that anytime my plimsolls got a bit dirty I'd wash them... dry them..then re paint them white including the laces... yeah...Krissss:)

Now why is it when I try to talk to some youths about 'Vans' they don't want to hear...?.. refuse to see the resemblance even?



Vans are not cheap.. and they are not being repainted either...
Yet to me... they just remind me of 70s plimsolls...
What gives?
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6 comments:

  1. ChilledLeo20 December 2011 at 22:04

    I remember the good old plimis had a black pair for knock about and for extra sasyness got different coloured laces to make them look special. I had exactly the same pair for doing PE as required by the stipulated school uniform at the time.....I still love them now but obviously they have become so commercialised yeah am talking ""addidas"" nowadays if you don't own a pair of those plimsolls you're not considered one of the cool kids....geeze pressure!!!

    Goodness me we have become brand addicts even our kids have picked up the trend as young as 5 years of age. I own a pair of plimsoll type foot gear by "Super Dry" they are comfortable and dry they are not addidas but I love emmmm!!!

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  2. Dawna20 December 2011 at 22:11

    haha.. you were 'poppin' style!! I didn't even think of jazzing up the laces...

    Yep.. serious brand addicts now..
    'Super Dry??lol...
    whe you get them from QVC? :))

    Hey you stylish Chilled so I know they gotta be cool!!

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  3. ChilledLeo22 December 2011 at 14:46

    There's a super dry store in Croydon :)) or you could get them off the net Goole is a great assisstant

    There is a cool shop called Bull Frogs in Greenwich and Clapham I tend to purchase my Super Dry Brand of goods from you should take a peek one of these days!!

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  4. Dawna22 December 2011 at 14:51

    Gwarn Croydon!!
    You know what... i'm sure i've heard of Super Dry... do they sell, like...detergents and stuff?? :)

    Bullfrogs!?! ..hehehe lol!!! any shop I come across named Bullfrogs I'm goin' in!!!

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  5. anton22 March 2013 at 21:20

    do you know were you can get any for £20

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  6. Dawna22 March 2013 at 21:28

    unfortunately no Anton, last I checked they were still about 40..

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