RFI: Summer footwear that is cool

[curgoth]

As part of my ongoing, inevitable, regrettable hippification, I am considering buying non-boot footwear for the summer. Something possibly in the sandal family. The last time I wore sandals, they were plastic k-mart flip flops when my age was in single digits.

I am, of course, still me, and don't want something like birkenstocks. However, I'm tired of wearing hot combat boots in summer, and taking longer to do up my boots than it takes to put on the entire rest of my outfit. So, I want some kind of summer footwear that's a) fairly easy to put on and take off, b) allows for greater airflow than combat boots, and c) looks good.

I've been looking at the Vibram Five Toes with the instep strap. Anyone know of other good looking sandal relatives I should be considering? Is it, for example, worth combing the stores on Yonge for some kind of gothy sandal with spikes on or something?

Comments

for the surfing goth (whether sand or sidewalks)

[k-calypso.livejournal.com]

If you want shoes that are like flip-flops, but are shoes, Sanuk is the way to go. I wore my pair all summer and well into the fall and winter, before I took them out of regular shoe rotation (nearly worn through). And that was with nearly daily wear, and a high daily walking quotient.

Lots come in black. Also, see tubeflops