My feet are naked!

March 15, 2006 4:54 AM

So a few years ago I bought this really awesome pair of shoes at a thrift store. It was serendipity - they were the perfect style , size and price! Now, alas, I have worn them out. It has been impossible to find another pair! Dear Mefites, can you help a girl find another perfect pair of kicks?

My google-fu and ebay skills have failed me...
The brand is City Snappers, the size is 6. They are black with silver flames. All the other shoes I see have the cheesy tribal flames. I'm definitely looking for the more classic style of firey decoration.
Here are some pictures. Can anyone help me find a similar pair? Or even one in the same style. What would you even call that style? Please help my poor bare feet!

posted by denimflavored to clothing, beauty, & fashion (8 comments total)

I'm afraid your pictures don't work!
posted by handee at 5:04 AM on March 15, 2006

I can't see the pictures, but fluevog has some flame shoes
posted by gnat at 5:09 AM on March 15, 2006

They's hot.
Just sayin'.
/self-flags as noise
posted by disillusioned at 5:23 AM on March 15, 2006

The T200F on this page looks like it might work, although the color scheme is much more flame-y. Also here and here, but is that what you mean by "tribal" flames?

Google Image Search for shoes flames (no quotation marks) brings up a lot of options, though it brings up a lot of other junk as well.
posted by Gator at 5:24 AM on March 15, 2006

from the sole and shape they look like modified/rebranded/copied classic dms. pictures here. sorry if i'm stating the obvious.
posted by andrew cooke at 6:08 AM on March 15, 2006

New Rock often use similar flame designs, sometimes in silver, although the shoes will be a little chunkier than yours. I'll let you do your own googling (it's a nightmare), or try goth/alternative type places or even Hot Topic.
posted by nowonmai at 6:39 AM on March 15, 2006

I have seen shoes painted very succesfully, although I'm not sure what with. Could you buy a plain pair? And are you sure that the originals wern't custom painted?
posted by crabintheocean at 7:51 AM on March 15, 2006

Thanks for the advice so far!
Crab, I certainly wouldn't mind painting my own shoes, but it's hard to find a pair of even the same style! The toes are very rounded, which is part of the reason why I like them.
Handee, I don't know what's up with the pictures, but I was having minor problems with them earlier today. I think my hosting company is deciding to be stupid today. I was still able to view them, so sorry you had troubles.
Gator: I don't think they're Docs, but you're right, they're close. The toe is blunter and more rounded.
I searched for flame shoes a while back. These caught my eye because of the awesome hidden compartment, but they seem to only be men's sizes.
*shrug* I may never find another perfect pair of shoes...
posted by denimflavored at 11:35 AM on March 15, 2006