Comments on: Earth Shoes http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/remember-when/earth-shoes/ Retro Memories, Gallery, Spotlights and More Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:37:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: David http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/remember-when/earth-shoes/#comment-482 David Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:39:33 +0000 http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/remember-when/earth-shoes/#comment-482 I remember them but I can honestly say that I never owned a pair. I was always wearing sneakers or work boots. Donna...way too funny!!!!! I remember them but I can honestly say that I never owned a pair. I was always wearing sneakers or work boots.

Donna…way too funny!!!!!

]]> By: Donna http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/remember-when/earth-shoes/#comment-253 Donna Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:23:19 +0000 http://www.retroplanet.com/blog/remember-when/earth-shoes/#comment-253 I must admit, I owned a pair of these shoes. I wore them in the 70's. I'm sure I bought multiple pairs over the course of a year. If you wore them all the time as I did, the natural dirt that was picked up by everyday wear and tear made the suede shiny. Then they looked crappy and you had to get another pair. I remember buying them at a shoe store in the old Rockingham Mall in Salem on Rt 28. I wasn't much of a "sneaker" wearer back then. I always wore the Earth Shoes or I would wear what we called "sh!@ kickers". These were just leather, high ankle work boots that seemed to be in style when I was in high school. I remember going to the Army/Navy store on Essex Street in Lawrence to buy them. I also bought Levi's jeans there and those off-white painters pants. Earth Shoes and "sh!@ kickers looked good with these pants. Or so I thought. Throughout the years when searching for a comfortable casual shoe, I often wondered if there was a store that still sold the Earth Shoes. Ya, they were kinda ugly, but honestly, they were comfortable. Oh, by the way, I still know a certain someone, maybe someone like an ex-husband, that still wears these out-dated shoes. I have no idea where he gets them, but I always laugh when I see him wearing them. One more reason why he's my "ex". I must admit, I owned a pair of these shoes. I wore them in the 70’s. I’m sure I bought multiple pairs over the course of a year. If you wore them all the time as I did, the natural dirt that was picked up by everyday wear and tear made the suede shiny. Then they looked crappy and you had to get another pair. I remember buying them at a shoe store in the old Rockingham Mall in Salem on Rt 28.

I wasn’t much of a “sneaker” wearer back then. I always wore the Earth Shoes or I would wear what we called “sh!@ kickers”. These were just leather, high ankle work boots that seemed to be in style when I was in high school. I remember going to the Army/Navy store on Essex Street in Lawrence to buy them. I also bought Levi’s jeans there and those off-white painters pants. Earth Shoes and “sh!@ kickers looked good with these pants. Or so I thought.

Throughout the years when searching for a comfortable casual shoe, I often wondered if there was a store that still sold the Earth Shoes. Ya, they were kinda ugly, but honestly, they were comfortable.

Oh, by the way, I still know a certain someone, maybe someone like an ex-husband, that still wears these out-dated shoes. I have no idea where he gets them, but I always laugh when I see him wearing them. One more reason why he’s my “ex”.

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