Brand Spotlight: Clarks - Topic of the day 4/5/25
Best known for affordable yet stylish business casual shoes, Clark’s remains a staple in many menswear closets and is easily findable in the mall. With models such as their desert boots which have been in the forefront of menswear fashion in the mid 2010’s and their wallabees, Clarks is here to stay. Which models are your favorites?
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I’ll be honest i think everything clarks makes is dookie
I love Clarks sm, I‘ve been buying almost all my shoes from them since I was like 10
They’re affordable, great quality and there‘s some really fun designs
Lmao the contrast to Digs‘ message
Lol duality of clarks
I want to get the ALD wallabees and shave them
having went to school in the UK i just see clark’s as the place i went fit scoop shoes age 5-10
struggle seeing it in a particularly fashionable sense
that‘s fair, I actually hate shoe shopping which I guess makes Clarks so attractive to me
They‘re nothing special but they go with everything
CDBs specifically are kinda cooked but Clark’s makes plenty of other models, mainly wallabees and collabs can be cool.
I’m glad we’re over the whole whether or not they can be resoled deal
I liked them for cheap business shoes when I was in college
The collabs are fun, like @beans (pinto) said. I'm always surprised at how diverse the collabs can be. Haven shop's collabs with them have been fun to watch.
that’s fair. actually looking into them they do have some nice stuff and it’s hard to deny their influence
Never owned any Clarks, though the wallabees look interesting
Their soles look like they would make me immediately eat shit
Yeah I break my ankle around once every 100 feet in them
In catholic high school we wore the same uniform and had inspections and the only area we had for self expression was shoes because the rules were just they needed to be black and leather
So I got a pair of second hand red Clarks, used a ton of shoe polish and dye to make them fit in
i love my high top wallabees. really prefer them over the low top ones. i also love the Desert Trek cup sole ones but don’t own them yet
they are objectively ugly but i think they’re sick lol
I have low top wallabees and I love them, although I don’t think I wear them enough for how much I actually do like them
Ugly aaaa shoes (i love them)
Surprisingly not bad for retail, pretty cushy sole
First pair so im not sure how theyll age but so far the leather and all has been pretty good
i don’t wear mine that much either, i need to make an effort to style them more
Tried a pair of desert boots a few months back. The sizing was comically off, they were wildly uncomfortable independent of that and were pretty clearly damaged. Customer service literally never responded. Will not do business with this company again.
that’s odd, clark’s are known for being a reliable company
and of decent quality too. sucks but i’d say that definitely is not common
walter white wore these in breaking bad
Pretty sure I got sent factory seconds by mistake or something, though it was questionable if they should have even been in that tier. If they were better about fixing it that's fine (mistakes happen), but the awful CS was where I drew the line.