School shoes

I got Converse lookalikes from Next for GS1 and he was perfectly happy that he wasn't wearing a 'label'. He is a savvy consumer, that boy!

I bought some Converses on eBay. They were a lot trendier than I'd imagined. "When are you going to be wearing those?" said DD1. "When you're chilling with your homies?". Off to the charity shop they went.

I wholeheartedly agree jingl, serves me right for a pitiful attempt to be 'trendy'
Just ended up 'hobbling around like an old bag lady' said DS

I don't think they are made to accommodate old bones loopy. . I need a bit of support and footbed padding.

#headscrewedon

He got them in a sale, and used his Christmas money to buy them. I think they will last the summer.

That's why I tried out DD's, I found them initially comfortable but then ouch...

He'll probably have grown out of them by next week...

I wouldn't pay £60 plus for a pair of trainers/plimsolls however good they look!

Vans are really good. Comfortable, nice looking, good quality. GS1 looks great in his. Like everything else, you get what you pay for.

I borrowed DD' Converses....I still have the scars from blisters so definitely not for me!

I haven't got any but would like some ..GD has trainer habit and I fund that ....lucky if I can afford plimsolls for me these days

In the primary schools around here, kids have to change into their plimsolls for indoor wear. I asked why once. The answer was something about carpets .

Vans are the same sort of thing. Ridiculous prices!

Just a brand name, bags - who can tell why?

Converses, which are dead cool fashion accessories, are essentially expensive plimsolls.

Do any gransnetters wear converses?

Why are they called converses, btw? Odd name for shoes.

If a youngster then , if older ?

maybe someone with a plimsoll fetish..

It's clearly a wind-up - some people get a thrill (yes, that sort....) writing about footwear and getting other people to write about footwear.

As ever......DFTT.

(don't feed the troll).

True....but gran Kids?

Most people who have English as a second language are far more careful about grammar than many English speakers!

But I do think we cant always assume that someone who posts on gransnet has english as their first language.
If I were to go on a french website and talk about plimsolls, I would struggle

What is this connection between blinkin' plimsolls and bored teenagers? Gran11's SATS English results might make interesting reading

Could at least have chosen something anything vaguely interesting.....

Well Gran11 won't have done that well can't tell the diffference between "to" and "too", can't punctuate, and doesn't know past tense of the verb "to see"
Not just uniform this school needs to tighten up on!