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Originally Posted by beppe
Thorns in crocks are a pain. For real. You walk normally, happy as you should, then you put down your foot on a stone and get that sharp prick. I found a neat way to get them out with a pair of pliers, after bending around the thorn. I got the voice that they were closing down so I run out and got an extra pair. Unluckily I did not find the fuchsia, but only silver. Usually for Xmas I get elegantly fitted with those house things that actors wear in costume productions, Moroccan leather with silk lining like, they go directly to my father in law. Crocks for me.
Birkis I cannot wear, like Dr. Martin, to much pain to soften them. For me is Crocks and old tennis shoes all year around. Going to town is mostly Mephysto, or Rossetti if i have to dress (ah ah), but as I am thinking of changing my look radically I might go for something more Northern Germanic, like sandals with thick woolen socks.
Clogs eh? how do they work going around? that would be nice.
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Birkis I find surprisingly easy to wear - took me maybe an hour total to get used to them, and at some point after that the soles weren't noticeable. There's a range of the 1460 (the short boots) of Dr Martins which are in soft, "worn-in" leather - which took no breaking in at all.
Sandals with thick woolen socks sounds fine (*) - but definitely Germanic and not at all Italian!!
The clogs are great - I've cheated a bit in that the ones I have have thick, soft soles, not the traditional wooden ones. But I've only once sent one flying from my foot!
(* Do not ever look to me for fashion advice, btw. I do eclectic, scruffy and odd, but not fasionable
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