Just barely 16 I worked at a Burger Chef. That job ruined my taste for any fast food joints from then on. But in the long run, that turned out to be a good thing.
Hello, In looking at the above photo, the thing that sticks out are those cool black and white shoes. It was a style that I thought was for girls only. We saw a bunch of them on all of our elementary school friends and neighbors. But, never on the boys. Our dad had two tone dress shoes in various shades of brown and tan. But not black and white. So, for men, it seemed like part of the dress code package. But, two toned dress shoes for boys? Then, the trend started with the two toned dress shoes, continuing for men and it expanded to casual two tone shoes for the younger men and teens. That started a trend for the “step above” dress shoes for boys and teens. Jnaki Our dad got us a pair of two toned shoes and we wore them everywhere. But, only after spending time in the dirt field behind our houses. The new look was ok for some, but the used, well worn look was the acceptable version. Just like Levis. Our mom would get us some new Levis and we had to take them outside for some exploratory play and backyard work to get them to the “acceptable” stage. It was the same for two toned shoes. They were comfortable and the wedge soles had a great feeling standing and for all around. But, gee, two tones shoes? Most versions in a certain style had little bags of powder to use on the white portions of the two tone shoes. A little dab of white powder on the scuff marks were camouflage cover ups at best. We liked them “worn”, but for fancy times, the little powder bags came out to coverup most of the black or brown scuff marks. By the time we arrived in high school, we had moved on to high top "Tennies" and brown leather sandals. For dress shoes, Desert Boots came in handy, being suede material that made them fancy. YRMV
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