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sfclinevandy


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Does Steve Madden still make these? I had a pair my FRESHMAN year of college in 1998-99. Time to retire this style



If you want a pair, they only have a size 5. So maybe this is the last of their stock.



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My theory is demand. It's like the women you see who found a hairdo that worked well for them in say 1989 and still stick with it (I think that for some women, you can tell when the best time of their life was by the hairstyle they cling to). Some women considered that to be the perfect shoe. Lots of brands still make a version.

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when I saw the topic, Nancy Kerrigan popped in my head.


you know, I don't know why - but I agree with dc's assessment.


 



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Chic


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oh lord this is part of the uniform that my friends have adopted that no longer care about fashion....they wear them with their old navy black capri pants and bulky tee shirts and that is it....maybe spice it up with a short sleeve button down...sorry no offense to anyone who owns these, but I too owned them in college and that was a while ago....

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Chic wrote:
oh lord this is part of the uniform that my friends have adopted that no longer care about fashion....they wear them with their old navy black capri pants and bulky tee shirts and that is it....maybe spice it up with a short sleeve button down...sorry no offense to anyone who owns these, but I too owned them in college and that was a while ago....


Chic, that is too funny, I see so many women (especially in the suburbs around here) wearing that exact same outfit, day in and day out! I sometimes wonder if it makes them sad as they get dressed every day, knowing that they no longer care....?

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tina242


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Ha!  My co-worker is wearing that outfit right now! She said she gets all her clothes at Wal-Mart . 


Christine I love your penguin pic.



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theotherjess


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What are you talking about?  Those are my favorite shoes.  I wear them everyday.


Seriously, though.  I remember those from the 5th grade.  They remind me of middle school dances and my English teacher.



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Christine


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tina242 wrote:

Christine I love your penguin pic.


Thanks! I think those little guys are so adorable!

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It took 7 years for Steve Madden to discontinue that...


I wore closed toe versions of that shoe in HS though. Not a good fashion time.



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  oh man, i used to have a pair of these and i wore them alllll the time... my dad called them frankenstein shoes and i used to reply, indignantly, "whatever, dad!  you don't know anything about fashion."  well, apparently, he knew more than i did!  cringe....hahaha....

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thwack thwack thwack


i still remember the sound those made when i walked down my college dorm hallway....


i can't believe i liked those shoes...



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LOL @ this whole thread!

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bex wrote:

thwack thwack thwack i still remember the sound those made when i walked down my college dorm hallway.... i can't believe i liked those shoes...
OH MY GOD, my former roommate used to have about nine different variations on these shoes, and everywhere she went in the apartment she was accompanied by this deafening "clump clump clump." One time our downstairs neighbors slid a note under our door that said, "dear neighbor, would it be possible for you to remove your shoes while you are in the apartment, or put down some carpeting? Your shoes are very loud." They were literally these exact ones--this is why it was only about a year ago that I realized Steve Madden actually made cute shoes, because my only association with them was these monsters!

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whoa those are bad.I mean I have a platform shoe fetish and even I think those are ugly.



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Andrea Julia


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I, too, had a pair of those.  I used to wear them all the time.  I used to even wear them with jeans (yeah, that must have looked real stylin').  I think some of my friends have these shoes still. 

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I still have 2 pairs in my closet back home.  i use to love those shoes but I haven't worn them in a while.  I discovered real heels and flip flops since then.

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rosey


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OH MY GOD.... total flashback- My friends and I all had these in college. And I remember there was this sorority on campus and all the sisters went to Steve Madden together and bought these. They would wear them all over campus with black pants and sorority tees.

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haha, i too am nostalgic for these shoes...every girl had them in the 8th grade and i wanted them!  That was 8 years ago- so I guess they were some sort of nationwide phenomenon!  how funny that this is probably steve's most notorious shoe.  i'm glad i didn't indulge..

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lynnie- i totally agree i always wanted them and was so jealous of my sister who got them... now i am SO happy i never got them... (although i'm sure i had something equally awful instead!)

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