Clarks in Jamaica

[get these nets]

Look like Bally’s to me

thanks

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[Jesus Is Lord]

Shoe experts, was Slick Rick wearing Clarks on the album cover here?

Always felt that those were Bally’s. Can’t really tell now that I look closer. Knowing Rick it’s either or.

 

[Consigliere]

I’m wearing Clark’s at work right now.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Only shoes that I wore back then were;
Clark’s
Bally’s
Travel Fox
British Walkers

Never liked Playboys


Dope thread.

 

[posterchild336]

thanks

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i have some sick ballys and many pairs of clarks

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

@Get These Nets

"desert" boot is the only reference Clarks makes to the origin hint hint

check this article

LargeUp Style: The Namibian Roots of Jamaica's Love Affair with Clarks

Ask any Jamaican where they got their Clarks, and you’d expect to hear England or America. But the answer might actually be Namibia. In fact, Namibians created a shoe exactly like desert boots as far back as the 1600s. Called “Vellies”—short for “Velskeon”—these shoes, made from durable kudu skins were originally worn by the Khoikhoi tribe before being adopted by the British.

How a traditional shoe from a small tribe in Southern Africa ends up becoming a shoe tradition in Jamaica brings new meaning to the term Triangular Trade. There’s no concrete proof that Clarks (which makes its desert boots from”hard” leather and “soft” suede, as noted by Kartel in “Clarks”) are the sartorial descendants of Vellies, but these pictures—taken by photographer Jason Eric Hardwick for Brother Vellies, a Brooklyn-based company that has begun importing “vellies” handmade in Swakopmund, Namibia—show a remarkable likeness, not only in the style of the shoe, but also the swagger of the wearer.

"We originate they duplicate"

Traditional hand made Vellies

 

[Mac Brown]

I have like 22 pairs of desert boots, wallys and desert treks. I collect Clark’s

 

[African Peasant]

Don't worship brands.

 

[get these nets]

@Get These Nets

"desert" boot is the only reference Clarks makes to the origin hint hint

check this article



"We originate they duplicate"

thanks

I was searching for a J. Peterman gif to reply to your first post.


Will instead post this Greg Nice one from Dwyck

"I originate
they duplicate"

"it's alright keep biting at the bait"

 

[Heafcliffe]

Dey speet hawt fiyah!

No joke, song's flames.

 

[BXKingPin82]

I never had one, it was the the thing to wear in early 90s not sure about after or now.

i got a few pairs of Wally Clarks.
wear them sometimes. fukkin bottoms get mad dirty if you got them gummy bottoms.

 

[Originalman]

Yo I got a crazy idea how to do Clarks now
Check it out, boom, this is how you freak 'em, boom
You go get you go get the cream joints right? Boom
Now now, all you all you dye, is this shyt right here, boom
And this, you know what I'm saying? Any color you want
But it'd be like, blue and cream, you know what I'm saying?

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

they will KILL your knees if u are flat footed.....they are terrible to be honest.

wallabees yes. I love the design but I got a pair in the closet i bought over 10 years ago I worn like 6 times. they are horribly uncomfortable to me. the dessert boots though I can rock no problem.

 

[MoveForward]

I fukk with Clark's, I always get compliments from people from NY when I wear them. Those extra ni99as always bug out when I rock them.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

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I tagged people who I think have JA heritage OR who I saw were in old threads discussing Clarks. Feel free to tag anybody who might enjoy the thread.

I'm a Ghana breh, but I love me the shyt out of some Clarks

Wallabees or desert boots