Chinatown Shoes

[Faithless]

Every once in a while, someone in the family brings up the phrase "Chinatown Shoes" in relation to something.

Ever heard of it?

They've gotten into the habit of using this term to describe stuff you don't want on the bottom of your shoes when you come in the house.

As in -- "don't come in this house with those Chinatown Shoes!"

[Irezumi Kiss]

Funny you bring that up, Chott...I just READ this expression recently in something, maybe a magazine or a graphic novel...was kinda like, "huh?" and as soon as I did, I wondered what the YW peeps would think of it...

[hooligan]

Let me ask my friends at Chinatown.

[BigLew]

I thought they were those shoes with plastic soles.

[tvbdude]

chinatown shoes probably mean we're dirty people. aren't you like half white? is it only your white relatives say it?

[Faithless]

chinatown shoes probably mean we're dirty people. aren't you like half white? is it only your white relatives say it?
No, I'm about a 1/4 something else. Pinning anybody down on what that is is tough. And it's funny that I don't have any known relatives of that strain. That facit came-out of Shanghai a long time ago.

But it's the Asian (Chinese ancestory) relatives that say this. :frown:

I did a google search on the term, and it does seem to be equated to cheap shoes that one could pick up in a Chinatown.

Shit, if that's the case, what's the difference between them and say shoes from Payless shoes?

[nonamerasian]

I did a google search on the term, and it does seem to be equated to cheap shoes that one could pick up in a Chinatown.

Shit, if that's the case, what's the difference between them and say shoes from Payless shoes?

It's not any cheap shoes. It's those canvas shoes/slippers with the rubber shoes.

They've been really popular lately. That's what I thought this thread was about.

I hear them referred to as Chinese shoes or Chinatown shoes.

In my area I've seen them sold for $2 and the highest I've ever seen them sold was in Chinatown for around $6.

They are cheaper than Payless stuff.

[applehead]

It's not any cheap shoes. It's those canvas shoes/slippers with the rubber shoes.

They've been really popular lately. That's what I thought this thread was about.

I hear them referred to as Chinese shoes or Chinatown shoes.

In my area I've seen them sold for $2 and the highest I've ever seen them sold was in Chinatown for around $6.

They are cheaper than Payless stuff.

i know what you're talking about.
they're really called kung foo shoes.

[moJo]

i know what you're talking about.
they're really called kung foo shoes.
i was thinking that the Chinatown shoes would be either the black cloth w/ white sole kung foo shoes mostly worn by guys, or the girly netted slippers with flower designs over the front. the latter have been really trendy for the better part of a year.

so which is it? :)

[applehead]

i've seen a lot of ghettos girls wear
the kung foo shoes in all different colors.
to match their canvas belts.

[Faithless]

Kung fu shoes are making a comeback?

I used to wear those. But they didn't have much arch support, so I stopped wearing them everywhere. They also got ragged quick.

[nonamerasian]

i was thinking that the Chinatown shoes would be either the black cloth w/ white sole kung foo shoes mostly worn by guys, or the girly netted slippers with flower designs over the front. the latter have been really trendy for the better part of a year.

so which is it? :)

I was talking about the first.

I've seen the second ones sold with them, but I didn't know that they were called the same.

i've seen a lot of ghettos girls wear
the kung foo shoes in all different colors.
to match their canvas belts.

It seemed like everyone and their mama was wearing it for a while.

I used to think they were slippers, but I've seen women dressed semi-formally wearing them out.

Are they supposed to be worn outside?

[missmeow]

I used to wear the black maryjanes with the brown rubber bottoms nonstop because they're the damn shoes that fit decently.

[Chester]

i know what you're talking about.
they're really called kung foo shoes.
Yeah. Ditto. Duh.

[Hiroshi2]

I've heard them referred to as "chinese slippers".



This girl wore them today and people was like, why you wearing THOSE? Cause usually she try to dress sexy, but with those on, she looked like she didn't even try.

[kasia]

the girly netted slippers with flower designs over the front. the latter have been really trendy for the better part of a year.

so which is it? :)

my cousin's are buying these slippers from chinatown and selling them at nordstrom's price at their school for a fundraiser for their asian club.

chinatown price: 2 for $4.99. nordstrom price: $29.99.

[applehead]

my cousin's are buying these slippers from chinatown and selling them at nordstrom's price at their school for a fundraiser for their asian club.

chinatown price: 2 for $4.99. nordstrom price: $29.99.

i remember a couple of summers ago i wore
a pair of those to a mall in bumblefuck
and this girl was getting really excited and
asked me where i got 'em.
and i told her in chinatown for 6 bucks.
i thought she was going to have a seizure.

[My Name Is...]

I heard that those women's slippers with the netting (and often the sequinned flowers on them) are house shoes in China (and perhaps in other Asian countries as well). Not to be worn outside. I do not think they are cute to wear anywhere except inside the house.

Every once in a while, someone in the family brings up the phrase "Chinatown Shoes" in relation to something.

Ever heard of it?

They've gotten into the habit of using this term to describe stuff you don't want on the bottom of your shoes when you come in the house.

As in -- "don't come in this house with those Chinatown Shoes!"
Maybe that has to do with the fact that Chinatown IS dirty. Especially with the fish and the fish water they throw out onto the streets at the end of the day.

[nola]

It's because they want the cheapest real estate in a city and usually that area is dirty.

[kasia]

i know what you're talking about.
they're really called kung foo shoes.

since when did kung fu shoes come back? i thought that was early 90's.