Guilty Pleasure

The shoe below is my Converse which I've been wearing for about 3-4 years now and in this picture it kinda looks like a rotten bleeding albino cabbage and kinda smells like one too. The inside sole is wearing thin and torn like a beggar's cloth and one of the pair has a broken sole. So it thought, it's probably time for it to retire and get a new one!



After days of internet browsing, there were so many shoes I wanted, mostly Converse until I saw this, the Vans Era Checkerboard which instantly caught my attention. I really like the design and I'm a sucker for checkered patterns so bought it I did!


I bought them from a seller on eBay for USD$37, cheap, yes, but the shipping cost almost the same price at USD$35! Worth it though, cause all the shoes sold here locally sucks and they're usually more expensive!


Top view


Side view


The other side


Back view


Waffle Sole :D


Just like all the iPhones and iPods, it's designed in California, USA but...


also like all iPhones and iPods sold in Asia, they're manufactured in this region, in this case, Vietnam. That's normally the case for most shoes, either that or Indonesia.


However, the quality is superb!


Close up details on the double stitching and label


Vans' trademark logo on the back


Interior fabric


Inside sole

I was really happy when I got home and and tried it that I left it on and wore it inside the house for quite some time. Overall, am really pleased with it! Looks great with or without socks and on jeans and shorts or even your birthday suit.


By the way, I used to think that there was only one way to lace your shoes. Boy was I wrong. Taken for granted, I've been using the Display Shoes Lacing method almost all my life. Apparently, there's over 3 trillion possibilities of lacing a shoes!!! The one here I'm using is called Criss Cross. For more methods lacing shoes, click here.