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We can wear mucklucks (or mucklek or muckluk) up here in the frozen north.
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desert boots
Are they the ones Pat Boone used to wear?
Remember, this was the era of blue suede shoes, a la Elvis. I don't know of anybody else who wore blue suede shoes.
Then, also in that era, there were the highly polished black leather shoes with the pointy toes which were known as "nosepickers", or "cockroach killers" because it was said they were the best for getting the bugs which ran into the corner of the room.
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black leather shoes with the pointy toesHah! That's good, Bob. In the UK they were known as winklepickers for similar reasons. 
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Pat Boone wore Bucks-- a sueded (or nubuck) shoes-- and he wore saddle shoes-- which are kind of oxford shoe, with a saddle (a second piece of leather ) over the instep-- ususally in a contrasting color-- they also have wing tips (toe tips) in a contrasting color. Pat Boone wore biege and brown buck saddle shoes, and white and black (smooth) leather saddle shoes. (i still have a pair of saddle shoes-- but I have been called "Imelda"-- since i have a special cabinet (a shoe cubby) just for shoes-- it holds 72 pairs of shoes-- its not quite filled.)
the last time i was in London (mid '80's) i found beautiful suede shoes in Royal blue, Kelly green and Royal purple-- and bought a pair in each color-- I always got comments when i wore them! I was so sorry when they finally wore out!
And meanwhile -- why are oxfords so named and how about ghillies-- or broughs-- and whille many loafers are moc's (mocacins) not all are.. do recognize the difference? I know some of this is a YART from what are you wearing-- so feel free to ignore it...
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when i was in high school, a low, suede boot- desert boots where all the rage.
Ye Gawds, Helen, I wore desert boots at college in 1948!
Now I have to wear "sensible" shoes because of back problems. I am saved by the ubiquitous running shoe which comes in nifty colors for daywear. All my pretty shoes can be worn only if I know I will not be standing for long.
Sigh.
Doc M shoes are still popular in New England, especially in winter. But for plowing around in the deep snow I love my Canadian made white Manitou Sorel boots.
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I'm with of Troy (no, I don't wear them - (for free)  ) but those called "F*** Me Pumps" were the three inch heels (nothing to do with "pumps" as I have heard recently) and worn strictly by suburban girls who also had what we called "Big Hair" (hair sprayed to stick straight up at the top of their forehead)...
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I still wear my latest pair of DMs, but they're shoes, not boots. They are the most comfortable creatures. I was wearing them yesterday when I first read this thread. They're getting to the point where I should buy another pair, though...
wow said: But for plowing around in the deep snow I love my Canadian made white Manitou Sorel boots.
Even here, Sorels are the boots to have if you go snowmobiling or snowshoeing or tobogganing - anything in deep snow or cold. I myself wear Caterpillar boots to school, and change when I get here. Those Sorels are just too big for wearing around the city, and I don't do enough outdoorsy-winter stuff to justify buying a pair.
However, in the oddball-shoes category, I do own broomball shoes which I used to wear to play sponge hockey (hockey with a sponge puck and shoes instead of skates). They have this foam stuff on the bottom to help you grip the ice - there's been many a day walking around town when I'd wished I was wearing them instead of my Caterpillars!
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< ozzie shoe company>
The name, Helen, is Blundstone's and they're located here in Hobart! The locals call them "blunnies".
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..answered with authority Paul! Come to think of it, I've heard of them too.
A fair few Oz labels enjoyed some popularity in Europe in recent years, though I think that's ios beginning to recede.
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Pat Boone's bucks Well, here's good news for the chronologically challenged. I just read in the newspaper that effective March 26 you will be able to buy genuine Pat Boone bucks for $59.95 from his website http://www.patsgold.com. I'm getting myself a pair.
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