What is it with 50+ y/o men & white sneakers?

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  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    Wear whats comfortable for you.
    Right now I am wearing a pair of New Balance 860v6 (men). Have not owned a pair of 'white' shoes in about 30 something years.
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  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    I'll be 48 in less than a month, but I guess I'm ready for 50.
    imb]
  • jvcjim
    jvcjim Posts: 812 Member
    i never wear white after labor day. shoes, boots and sneakers are all brown, black or tan, except for one pair of work boots that are "oxblood" i have not had white shoes since the early '80s ... 2 pairs of "'kangaROOS" one low and one hightop both in white
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    What's "wrong" w/white sneakers?

    I'm 66. I've got:

    1 pair of white VS lifting shoes w/black stripes,

    1 pair of white UA running shoes w/red soles and black trim,

    1 pair of white UA football/soccer hightop cleats w/a black textured "star" pattern,

    1 pair of black Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars,

    and 1 pair of black Shimano clipless bike shoes w/green trim.

    So what? [Shrug]
  • Grey_1
    Grey_1 Posts: 1,139 Member
    Timberland Pro steeltoes>white sneakers

    They're really comfortable lol.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    jnichel wrote: »
    I'll be 48 in less than a month, but I guess I'm ready for 50.
    imb]

    Oh.....

    No.

    Really; No. (Sorry)

    Bright Side.... more women for the rest of us, I suppose.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    neiljhk wrote: »
    StealthHealth wrote: »
    1987 22 YO listens to Run D.M.C. "It's Tricky" thinks - White sneakers... cool.
    2016 Same guy, now 51, thinks "What's cool? Run D.M.C. were cool. I'm going to get me some white sneakers!"

    Duh. Of course. Adidas Superstar II - aka shelltoes (now down to a pair of white with gold stripes and a pair of block pink Pharrell Williams edition) and Puma Suede Classics (yellow, red and green pairs) for me. Had to show the vid of Run DMC (feat. Aerosmith) - Walk This Way, to my teenaged daughter for her to understand just what a cool dad she has.

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    jnichel wrote: »
    I'll be 48 in less than a month, but I guess I'm ready for 50.
    imb]

    Oh.....

    No.

    Really; No. (Sorry)

    Bright Side.... more women for the rest of us, I suppose.

    What? They look okay to me. I'm thinking a seventies ABC After School Special starring Rex Smith entitled Sooner or Later. I think he was wearing those during rehearsals for his rock and roll gigs at the L.A. shopping malls and during sweaty work outs on the tennis court. The girls thought they looked really good.

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    Well now..... I reckon that I stand corrected.

    Who am I to compete with Rex Smith?



    .... or his hair?
  • Sinistrous
    Sinistrous Posts: 5,589 Member
    Be the "hip" 50 year old and wear these: 1bc3440125d3f891db7b58b52e9a9c1b.png
  • almss1
    almss1 Posts: 5 Member
    Hahahaha you see what you did??!! Now I have to go outside and pay attention on men sneakers 50+
  • PhoenixWithoutAshes1
    PhoenixWithoutAshes1 Posts: 99 Member
    almss1 wrote: »
    Hahahaha you see what you did??!! Now I have to go outside and pay attention on men sneakers 50+

    All part of my evil plan!!
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  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    edited October 2016
    My hub is 51, and recently developed a love for nice sneaks...or at least for buying them! He has 7 or 8 really fancy pair in the closet (none are white tho!), but he only ever wears the black ones. :D
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    Villae81 wrote: »
    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    My hub is 51, and recently developed a love for nice sneaks...or at least for buying them! He has 7 or 8 really fancy pair in the closet (none are white tho!), but he only ever wears the black ones. :D

    Mid life crisis is prolly bout to hit him

    Already got the car....thinking the stripper is next!
  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
    Go to most shoe stores and the majority of athletic shoes are white. I got in the habit of buying white when I worked as a nursing assistant and had to have white shoes, just haven't seen a reason to change. Now also have found New Balance to fit me the best and the vast majority of their cross trainers are white. Go with the flow, they are comfortable and I don't spend a ton of time buying shoes.
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    makingmark wrote: »
    Go to most shoe stores and the majority of athletic shoes are white.

    i wish. last time i went shopping for runners around here, everything was coloured like the kind of candy you won't let a 5-yo eat unless you detest its parents.
  • jprewitt1
    jprewitt1 Posts: 264 Member
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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Do you really give a coital event about the clothes old farts wear?
  • brentopia
    brentopia Posts: 113 Member
    ...probably because older people are much less susceptible to the constant barrage of sheeple marketing messages instructing everyone what they must buy/wear or what is currently cool and uncool... so they make their own decision (*choke!* *gasp!*) on what they prefer instead.
  • PhoenixWithoutAshes1
    PhoenixWithoutAshes1 Posts: 99 Member
    Wow, some of you are just bitter about this...
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    captbklee wrote: »
    That's hilarious because it's true. To complete the uniform, they always tuck their shirt into their jeans.

    Dad jeans!

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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    PhoenixWithoutAshes1 wrote: »
    There are a lot of us 50+ guys where I work and almost all of them ( but not me) wear either white New Balance or Nike's. What is up with that? Did I miss out on some memo when I turned 50? Can anyone explain this phenomenon?

    My favorite. So clean....

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