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5spd4wd t1_ixj2p4p wrote

Reply to comment by Great_Opposite_651 in knee high heeled boots by handkufs

I haven't found that to be true at all. Have you ever looked at the brands they carry?

I live not far from one of the physical stores and have bought several pairs there of different well-known brands that I'm still wearing many years later. I don't buy fast fad fashion, far from it. My Clark's that I bought there will certainly be my BIFL shoes. Same for my Naturalizers. That was before Clark's sold out to China.

Sure, if a person is hard on shoes and don't take care of them they will not be BIFLs.

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Muncie4 t1_ixt925g wrote

You finding it to be true or not is irrelevant. BIFL footwear is based on construction and very rarely just native hardiness. Zero consumers stores sell a 100% complete line of BIFL footwear. Most makers don't sell a 100% complete line of BIFL footwear. So saying, fictionally, "Go buy Brand X" is pretty ignorant. So saying, fictionally, "Go buy from Store X" is doubly ignorant. If you have specific advice for a specific shoe, by all means, state it. But stating for someone to go to a store which sells probably 100 boots from 40 different brands is anti-helpful. I know on the men's side of DSW, they sell zero BIFL anything save the Clark's Bushacre II which, though not featuring BIFL construction is just abnormally hardy.

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5spd4wd t1_ixt9k2k wrote

So you're calling me ignorant. Which violates Reddit rule #1. Name calling is not polite or civil, it's just rude. You could have disagreed with me without resorting to that.

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