Vibram Five Fingers for Casual Wear
I'm looking for a few opinions on general acceptance of Vibram Five Fingers for casual daily wear. I love those shoes. My wife hates them. She doesn't like being seen in public with me when I wear my "ninja turtle feet". I think they are great and sport those bad boys at the mall, movie theater, etc. What is the group opinion on looking like a ninja in public?
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I wear them to work and occasionally to the grocery store. If I'm going to be walking around on concrete for a long time, I won't wear them--for the same reason I don't wear them running on the road. The floors at work are linoleum.
As for fashion statement, people are wearing their flannel pajama pants in public and women are falling out of their braless tanktops...so my teenage mutant ninja turtle feet should be all the rage! Ha!
I bet only one if 1000 people would even notice. And so what?
What Kitima said--about PJs in public, et al. I say wear 'em, and rock 'em with confidence.
You and Dave Corso (wore them all the time at ToC) could start your own lil' gorilla feets club
With The Halligan's compression socks.
Socks and VFFs, is that TOO Fred-ish, too touristy (all you need is a camera and a fanny pack)?
Don't tell the wife but I wear mine often while driving. I used to wear them at work but got humiliated into wearing real shoes
(partially Leigh, mostly the guys that work for me laughing everytime I walked into the bullpen)
They are awesome driving shoes. I usually have to explain them to people when they see them (cause they don't get it at all, car people aren't usually the most active folks in the world). But I say go for it and wear them when you can.
Still won't run in them anymore, my calves just can't take it.
-Dave
Over my dead body. But I haven't entirely given up wearing shoes with heels yet, either. Which I probably should.
I wear my KSO Treks out in public most weekends...luckily (?) I don't have a wife to hate them!