Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Dear William Gibson,

Please sell these shoe ideas to Nike because I need to own them.

"...they were wearing the same kind of black high-top SWAT-trainers that Rydell had worn on patrol in nKnoxville, the ones with the Kevlar insoles in case somebody nuck up and tried to shoot you in the bottom of the foot....'I had a pair of shoes like that,' Rydell said. 'Made in Portland, Oregon.  Two hun
dred ninety-nine dollars out at CostCo.'"

"...great big pebble-grain wingtips with cleated Vibram soles"

"...sneakers with little red ligts embedded in the edges of the soles...He had his feet up on the back of the front passenger seat and the little red lights around the edges of his sneakers were spelling out the lyrics to some song."

I have attached some drawings of what I think the shoes look like.

Thank you very much,

Sincerely,
Chinita Linda

2 comments:

gabe said...

ahem...

http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=78&zenid=5b2fe1d88863e8108b8ba13178b95175

http://www.historypreservation.com/hpassociates/detailpop.php?uniqnum=296

http://www.historypreservation.com/hpassociates/detailpop.php?uniqnum=295

http://www.historypreservation.com/hpassociates/detailpop.php?uniqnum=294

http://www.historypreservation.com/hpassociates/detailpop.php?uniqnum=204

gabe said...

also...

http://www.alden-of-carmel.com/index.cfm/Shoes-Brown_Wing_Tip_Boot_217.htm

note that these are cordovan (i.e. a single horse provides only enough for one pair of shoes) leather.

also note the commando soles.