Antisemitic_Jew t1_iu4wa26 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:56 PM

Well sneakers aren't really made to be BIFL. If you want the comfort of soft materials then you won't get the longevity of hard materials. You can only really trade one for the other. You could accept that sneakers don't last a long time and choose to take good care of them and have them for a longer while but eventually they will give out. There are some brands which make better quality sneakers such as New Balance made in USA or made in UK. Alternatively you can buy skate shoes like Converse Vans, they aren't the most comfortable and I don't know if I would even call them sneakers but they can take a hell of a beating. Thursday also makes great shoes.

F-21 t1_iu9znbh wrote on October 29, 2022 at 6:39 PM

> If you want the comfort of soft materials then you won't get the longevity of hard materials. You can only really trade one for the other.

Well... There's Crown Northampton. Any of their sneakers will be durable and long lasting and can even be resoled by them. Calf leather is strong and soft. Their cheapest sneakers are absurdly expensive but if you really stretch out to shell cordovan sneakers... Those are so perfect many people would assume they use fake leather. That stuff is soft but crazy durable, it does not even crease. Hpwever, just in materials without the work those sneakers are probably 400-500€, shell cordovan is crazy expensive and even the lining leathers for those are crazy high quality and expensive.