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Hey, Dude! It's Shoes!
Sep. 2nd, 2024 11:20 amI've become a fan of HeyDude shoes.
I originally bought a pair when Darwin and I were planning our cruise around Greece and Italy. My tennis shoes are black and thick and not very summery or cruise ship-y. I wanted some white or pale brown shoes. And at the mall, Darwin (who wanted new shoes for similar reasons) and I came across this new brand we'd never seen before: HeyDude.
The shoes are very light-weight. You can barely tell you're wearing anything. The cloth looks like a rough canvas, and it's tied with funky elastic laces. We tried them on and bought pairs on the spot. We wore ours throughout the cruise and found them to be very comfortable while they look cool and (dare I say) edgy. They went with my usual summer pallet of bright colors and with my new white Mediterranean suit. And they accommodated the orthopedic inserts I have to have in order to walk more than four steps. I loved them!
I finally got around to looking up their web site and discovered they come in a huge variety of colors and designs. Wow! Suddenly I could have shoes that matched stuff! I ordered a gray pair and a white pair and a bright blue pair and a bright red pair to go with my beige pair. I've never mixed and matched shoes before, but now I can. And I do.
I've been wearing them all summer long, and now that school is back in session, I've been wearing them to work. (I try to wear bright colors when I'm teaching so the students can find me more easily in the classroom and because bright colors attract the eye, which helps keep the students' attention on me when I need it.)
They feel almost like dress shoes, but they really aren't. They're casual but can get away with a dressier outfit by pretending to add a touch of style or whimsy. One thing they definitely aren't is athletic. They don't have the ankle support. I wouldn't jog in them, though they're fine on a bike. I also don't know how warm they'll keep my feet in winter, and I wouldn't wear them in snow or slush. But I still have my heavy black sneakers for that.
The dress shoe feel, though, contributed to me at first not wanting to wear them often. I should save them for special occasions! But I eventually discarded this idea as ridiculous and started wearing them full-time, every day. Of course, this meant they got dirty, especially since I like to walk on the dirt roads behind our house.
And here I discovered another advantage to HeyDudes. They're so very easy to clean. My fave blue pair had gotten pretty grimy, so I popped them into the washer. They came out completely clean but wet, of course. I didn't want the noise of them banging around in the dryer, so I put them in the sun and they were dry in a couple hours. Fantastic! I swear my tennis shoes take three days to dry completely.
They're not cheap, but they aren't especially expensive, either. Their web site sells them for $65 on up, with most in the $75 range, but of course they give you a coupon when you arrive at the site for 20% off, so the real price is more in the $60 range. They also have other styles, including high-top, thick-sole, and even boots. I might try those to see what they're like.
Anyway, I very much like these shoes. Highly recommended.
I originally bought a pair when Darwin and I were planning our cruise around Greece and Italy. My tennis shoes are black and thick and not very summery or cruise ship-y. I wanted some white or pale brown shoes. And at the mall, Darwin (who wanted new shoes for similar reasons) and I came across this new brand we'd never seen before: HeyDude.
The shoes are very light-weight. You can barely tell you're wearing anything. The cloth looks like a rough canvas, and it's tied with funky elastic laces. We tried them on and bought pairs on the spot. We wore ours throughout the cruise and found them to be very comfortable while they look cool and (dare I say) edgy. They went with my usual summer pallet of bright colors and with my new white Mediterranean suit. And they accommodated the orthopedic inserts I have to have in order to walk more than four steps. I loved them!
I finally got around to looking up their web site and discovered they come in a huge variety of colors and designs. Wow! Suddenly I could have shoes that matched stuff! I ordered a gray pair and a white pair and a bright blue pair and a bright red pair to go with my beige pair. I've never mixed and matched shoes before, but now I can. And I do.
I've been wearing them all summer long, and now that school is back in session, I've been wearing them to work. (I try to wear bright colors when I'm teaching so the students can find me more easily in the classroom and because bright colors attract the eye, which helps keep the students' attention on me when I need it.)
They feel almost like dress shoes, but they really aren't. They're casual but can get away with a dressier outfit by pretending to add a touch of style or whimsy. One thing they definitely aren't is athletic. They don't have the ankle support. I wouldn't jog in them, though they're fine on a bike. I also don't know how warm they'll keep my feet in winter, and I wouldn't wear them in snow or slush. But I still have my heavy black sneakers for that.
The dress shoe feel, though, contributed to me at first not wanting to wear them often. I should save them for special occasions! But I eventually discarded this idea as ridiculous and started wearing them full-time, every day. Of course, this meant they got dirty, especially since I like to walk on the dirt roads behind our house.
And here I discovered another advantage to HeyDudes. They're so very easy to clean. My fave blue pair had gotten pretty grimy, so I popped them into the washer. They came out completely clean but wet, of course. I didn't want the noise of them banging around in the dryer, so I put them in the sun and they were dry in a couple hours. Fantastic! I swear my tennis shoes take three days to dry completely.
They're not cheap, but they aren't especially expensive, either. Their web site sells them for $65 on up, with most in the $75 range, but of course they give you a coupon when you arrive at the site for 20% off, so the real price is more in the $60 range. They also have other styles, including high-top, thick-sole, and even boots. I might try those to see what they're like.
Anyway, I very much like these shoes. Highly recommended.
