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Clarks had an absolute killer product on their hands around 2007 or so. Full leather sports sandals, with strong but easy-to-operate magnetic clasp, and no sea
by bostik 4y ago
Clarks had an absolute killer product on their hands around 2007 or so.
Full leather sports sandals, with strong but easy-to-operate magnetic clasp, and no seams on inner surfaces. Joy to wear. Practically immune to chafing and blisters. Exceptionally good for walking (or cycling!) for even long periods of time.
Discontinued since ~2009 or so. While they've brought back some of their other pretty good sandals, the perfection reached more than 15 years ago is nowhere to be seen.
- ishjoh 4y agoDo you have a picture of them?
- bostik 4y agoI found an image of what looks like a modern variant of the same old model: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/262947020842_/Clarks-Mens-Active-Air-Sandals-ATL-Three-Ebony.jpg https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/262947020842_/Clarks... The difference between the old ones that those pictured above are that the old ones were (I think this is the right word) almost suede leather. Really easy on skin. And the sandals in the image show seams on the inside, whereas the ones I had two pairs of had their seams on the insides of the strap structure. But on the bright side, the magnetic clasp looks familiar; the new clasp is bulkier and can't be easily opened with a toe from your other foot. And no, it's not these either: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/255580935375_/Clarks-Unstructured-Double-Hook-Loop-Green-Colour.jpg https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/255580935375_/Clarks... - but they do demonstrate how to construct sandals with the seams off of skin contact, so this might give you an idea what the things looked like. So no, sadly I can only provide reasonable excuses.
- NullPrefix 4y agoThey just don't make them like they used to anymore