VP nominee Sen Harris wears Chuck Taylors

[irisblue]

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[Kingofalldems]

1. Yep. $5.99 at Herman's back in the 60's.

[underpants]

2. $50 now

Pretty much everywhere

[misanthrope]

13. Which is still cheap compared to the outlandish prices on other sneakers

Talk about runaway pricing, it's nuts!

[underpants]

15. I just got a great deal on Asics

Everything is about 40% off. I got Gel 9’s for $50. I bought two pair (one goes into storage)

[PoliticAverse]

40. I stopped buying them when they ceased to be the "cheap shoe". n/t

[underpants]

43. You really never need to rebuy

I have black and white high tops. I can’t imagine ever needing any more.

[agingdem]

8. I wore them in the 60's...I was working my way thru college

and "chucks" were cheap...they didn't have women's sizes so we wore small guy sizes..my grandchildren discovered "chucks" in middle school...they're in college now...still wear them...apparently they are the required cool footwear if you want to get thrown into a pool...go figure!

[sweetloukillbot]

14. $20 for 2 pair in the 80s

Red Chuck hi tops were my high school go-tos, along with black checkerboard Vans.

Now I do slip-on Chucks, because Vans don’t make wide width slips.

[Blue_true]

39. Really? Were Chuck Taylors the same as Converse All Stars?

All Stars were the go to shoes for Middle School kids in the early 70s, but I remember them costing a lot more than $5.99.

[Kingofalldems]

41. Yes.

[Blue_true]

47. I updated my post.

When I arrived to Middle School, Converse All Stars were the rave. But they cost a lot more than $5.99. If a kid didn’t wear a pair of All Stars in my school, the kid was shunned. The cool kids wore the all white ones with double strings and kept them spotless. Less cool kids like me had the black and white ones with single strings.

[onetexan]

3. Love CTs!! She has great taste!

[irisblue]

4. Remember how the gop gnashed their teeth and wailed about Pres Obamas' coolness factor?

We got that going on again, times two.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. When I look at her then Pence, I shudder than ONE human being would vote for him

It really is the adults vs the children with tempers.


Oh, and no clue what a "Chuck Taylor" is but assume shoes? LOL

[tblue37]

10. They are Converse sneakers:

[Eliot Rosewater]

19. Now I want some

[Afromania]

23. I haven't worn a pair in years and now I think I want a new pair:)

[Blue_true]

48. They are nice for knocking around home or for shopping trips. Buy the low tops though. nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

54. tx, cant do high tops too...

[Blue_true]

57. The reason for high tops was supposed to be ankle twisting avoidance.

When I wore the shoes in PE and sports in Middle School, everyone taped their ankles and wore low tops. One kid who was a center wore high tops, but he also taped his ankles.

[rurallib]

29. really old time basketball shoes

[NewJeffCT]

31. They're a sneaker that's been around almost 100 years now

The original "basketball" sneaker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_All-Stars#:~:text=Chuck%20Taylor%20All%2DStars%20or,in%20the%20early%2020th%20century.

They had a resurgence in the 1950s and have been popular again this century.

[DURHAM D]

6. Yep. My earlier response -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14037345

[milestogo]

7. No idea what those are.

[tblue37]

11. Converse sneakers.

[WA-03 Democrat]

21. Chuck Taylor was is a Naismith basketball hall of famer

He worked for converse improving and selling the shoes.

[Raine]

26. After seeing them, yikes they're not for me...

reminds me of grade school. They look like the shoes the bratty boys wore, the ones who were bullies.

[brush]

28. Nah, Chucks are kool, hip now. There's always been a kool factor about them.

[Raine]

24. Me either nt

[demmiblue]

9. Chucks wearer back in the day... I find them way too narrow now. n/t

[misanthrope]

12. As a long-time Chucks fan, I love it.

For Gen Xers, they were emblematic of rejecting blind consumerism and a kind of outsider perspective. I think she looks great in them!

[JanMichael]

37. Yep. That they were. The "I don't give a shit what you think about me" shoe. Had my own at one time.

On an aside it's kind of why I workout, run, do yard work, in plain white tee shirts (bought in bulk) with either grey or dark blue boxer type short sweats or khaki shorts. I still don't want to look like I give a shit because I don't. Eventually though I will go full on beach bum.

I like KH a lot. I have high hopes for the USA because of her and Biden.

[radius777]

59. Exactly, our homegirl is reppin gen-x.

[irisblue]

16. What major American Female Politicians wore/wear always gets attention

Geraldine Ferraro in 1984
source-https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/07/23/fashioning-a-ferraro-look/788edb10-125c-4f38-88c6-d90afa80a64a/

snip-"The brightly colored dresses, the pearls, the frosted hair cut in a modified wedge define Geraldine Ferraro and, whether anybody likes it, experts say all will contribute to the impressions voters form of her.

"We don't know much about her, so how she looks will be important, particularly to women," says Alison Lurie, the Cornell University English professor who wrote the popular history, "The Language of Clothes."

more at source.


Sarah Palin-2008- I remember her pencil skirts, $800 Laboutin heels and button front blouses, and an FEC complaint

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/palins-fashiongate-1841561/


snip-"https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/palins-fashiongate-1841561/

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group, has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican National Committee and several political operatives, alleging they violated campaign finance laws after “improperly spending” nearly $150,000 on a high-end fashion shopping spree in September at Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barney’s New York and Macy’s to wardrobe the Republican vice presidential candidate and her family."


HRC, and I'm not even going to cite anything, cause we all remember the whining about the pantsuits.



Harris, and her people are going at a young lively urban demographic, esp compared to apricothellbeast and Mikey.


Tactics.

[misanthrope]

17. She has a purposeful and energetic stride

Looks really good.

[gristy]

35. Yes indeed.

She is moving, as you say, with purpose and energy. And grace too. Not f****** around. No, sir. Absolutely not.

[brush]

18. Chucks were THE basketball shoe for the NBA and college/high school...

teams back in the day. All teams wore them (the Celtics wore black ones) until Addidas and Puma started making inroads, then came Nike.

We wore them for pick-up games at the park too. They were the shoe to have.

[DURHAM D]

22. and now Nike owns Converse

Smart move.

[brush]

27. It was. Now Nike has the hi-end shoes and the affordable market too.

[Docreed2003]

20. Love this

Had no clue that we had that in common. I love my chucks!

[WA-03 Democrat]

25. Great visual!

Most people don’t walk around in a saggy suit and dress shoes (with lifts!).

This shows she is relaxed and like everyone else during the Pandemic, being comfortable and wearing what they like. She is simply relatable.

The wobbly guy versus a strong women who can go down the GulfStream steps with a hop. Compare and contrast-checked!

[Glorfindel]

30. Cool! And it explains a lyric I have wondered about but didn't research...

from Uptown Funk:

Stylin', wilin', livin' it up in the city
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent
Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty

We called them PF Flyers when I was in grammar school.

[Buns_of_Fire]

50. I remember PF Flyers! "The shoe with the magic wedge!"

I badgered my parents for months... Finally, they took me to the store and let me get a pair.

Thus was my first lesson in advertising. I couldn't fly at all. And the magic wedge wasn't powerful enough to let me turn the neighborhood bully into a toadstool, either.

[Grammy23]

32. If I was on the go as much as she is these days,

I’d have on some comfy shoes, too! Smart woman. That alone is enough reason to vote for her. She is one smart cookie.

Of course, there are many more reasons to vote for her! (And Biden!)

[riversedge]

33. I like the sneakers--and this pic of Kamala........

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[riversedge]

34. @KamalaHarris ⁩ arrives at first Wisconsin event in Wauwatosa, meeting with local union workers and

@KamalaHarris
⁩ arrives at first Wisconsin event in Wauwatosa, meeting with local union workers and leaders

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Sen. Kamala Harris meets with the family and legal team of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot in Kenosha in front of three of his children last month and remains hospitalized.

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[gristy]

36. I would be so excited to be in that crowd. I'd be jumping up and down along with

the many who are doing so in the vid. Getting choked up right now, something in my eye...

[Habibi]

38. Loved that woman at the end,

really excited and dancing/jumping with joy!

[pansypoo53219]

42. i used to get the hightops. kmart knock offs in diff colors

but now i am shoe free.

[ClimateHawk]

44. I have several pairs of Chuck Taylors

3 low tops and 2 high tops. The fact that Kamala is a fan of Chuck's makes me like her that much more.

[IronLionZion]

45. 2 more months until she is VP-elect

Let's make it happen!

[LiberalFighter]

46. Less likely to trip or stumble in those shoes.

[dhill926]

49. as if I could love her more....

bought a couple pair about 20 years back as a reward after having a successful medical procedure. Still have 'em...and of course wore them out as a kid. They were the fancy basketball shoe back then...

[iluvtennis]

51. Love it - one of my teens used to wear the Chuck Taylor brand of Converse. nt

[iluvtennis]

52. Love it - one of my teens used to wear the Chuck Taylor brand of Converse. nt

[mentalsolstice]

53. I wear my Chucks every where.

Along with flip flops and Sanuck sandals. We live at the beach, so everything is casual. I have small Fred Flintstone feet, size 6, but they’re as wide as they’re long, toes are all the same length. Unisex Chucks are a perfect closed shoe for me. And I always get compliments whenever I wear them.

Go Kamala! I fall in love with her more each passing day!

[bluedigger]

55. She's ready to get her feet wet!

Why Navy SEALs Wear Chuck Taylors in Maritime Operations

Converse's iconic Chuck Taylor shoes aren't just for people who want to look cool for a decent price. They might also be the unofficial athletic shoe of U.S. Naval Special Warfare.

High-top or low, these longtime staples of American fashion are also the shoe of choice for Navy SEALs who need functional sneakers at sea, on land or in close-quarters combat. Teamguys are actually issued clean pairs of all-black Chucks for use in maritime operations. Some choose to wear them on land missions.

Not only do the SEALs get to take down some of the world's worst bad guys, but they also get to look old school cool while doing it.

The reason is in the sneaker's design. A pair of Chucks doesn't add any bulk to the foot and the flat soles means better balance and stability with a more equal distribution of your weight. And as anyone who's sported a pair of Chucks knows, there's not a lot of arch support, so you can feel the boat, the sand or whatever else is underneath your feet.

https://www.military.com/off-duty/why-navy-seals-wear-chuck-taylors-maritime-operations.html

[JustGene]

56. Converse All Stars were the s*it in my neighborhood 1968.

[BumRushDaShow]

58. Wow. Never heard them called that. We just called them "high-top Converse"

(and had to be black with the star on the side) and yes I had some too - in the mid-'70s along with Pro-Keds. Then "Starsky and Hutch" came out and you had to have Adidas...



Then that transitioned to Nike ("swoop" ). Then to Pumas. Then I kinda lost track (I know New Balance was in there)...

Then the regular Keds came back - Bobos they make your feet feel fine, bobos, they cost a dollar-ninety-nine...

(of course Keds are like $40 for canvas ones nowadays... )

[JI7]

60. I feel like getting a pair of these just because of this

[herding cats]

61. I love Chuck's!

I wear them all the time. They're my go to casual, daily show. I have the in high top, low top and an array of colors and prints. My main pair are the exact ones she's wearing here, which I've seen her wear before. They're a classic to we Chuck's fans.

Also, that black Tahitian pearl necklace she wears. I have one and I wear it out whenever I have to go somewhere now. It's my silent hat tip to our amazing VP pick!

[Elwood P Dowd]

62. I've got 4 pair.

Three black high tops and a low in white. Bought 'em cheap in the early days of eBay. They're all about worn out now, so it will be time for new ones soon. Reminds me of my good ole' days in high school when JFK and the LBJ were prez.