Oct 28 2008
in which there are Converses
I used to think of Converses–or Chucks or whatever they are–as just skate shoes with stupid prices that kids with more money than sense bought because they thought it looked cool. Then I saw the Tenth Doctor wearing them and thought it was the most adorable thing ever, especially when he’d wear them with a tux. So by the time I saw Chuck wearing them in Chuck and Ned in Pushing Daisies, I had the firm idea that Converses were basically a kind of shoe that cute geeks wore–part of the geek chic look, I suppose, which Ten has definitely got going on. (Skaters and punks still wear them, but whatever.)
Apparently that’s only true in America, because here, they’re everywhere. Basically everyone wears them. That’s not a bad thing, of course–I’m all the more glad I brought my own pair, which I got for $17 at a Ross store in Pennsylvania, and I love them anyway and they look better than my other shoes, but even though I tend to pride myself on not needing to fit in, it is sort of nice to have some decent shoes similar to what a lot of people wear. But it also means that here, Converses aren’t confined to the geek-chic look, which means it’s slightly less special and cute that Ten wears them.
Yes, I do know I’m a dork and a pathetic fangirl, thanks.
