TOMS on Guys

[The_Survivor]

What are your thoughts on a guy wearing a pair of Toms? Are the comfortable? If your a guy, why would you/not wear them? What socks would you wear with them? (long, short, none?)

I really would like to get a pair, however, i'm not sure it they would make me look weird or something.

[Stryker125]

I think they look fine. Whether or not you can pull them off seems to be more of a confidence thing. That said, I've tried them on, and even if I look weird in em, I'd probably still wear them. They're super comfortable. No socks.

[Seattle-WA-Roxx]

I honestly dont think they look weird on guys, and I would love to own and wear a pair, but public school is brutal. Ppl at my school think its gay.

[ReginaGeorge]

I think they're shoes. Wear whatever, man. It doesn't matter. If you like 'em, wear 'em. I don't see the need for a debate here. :P

[Ben4ever]

I agree you have to be confident enough to wear them. But then again you have to be confident being a gay guy in high school!

[Austin2]

I think they look ridiculous on guys. That's just me though

[AwesomeGuy15]

Eh few to some guys at my school wear them but they r those ppl who r kinda stuck up or weird like the guy who wears a not real but gold bookbag 2 school with a green heart stuck 2 it =_=

[Kitty Purry]

I wear them all the time. I have two pairs. I think they look fine on guys, looks better if you wear them with skinny jeans.

[zerosix22]

I wear them all the time. I have two pairs. I think they look fine on guys, looks better if you wear them with skinny jeans.

Agree!

You may wear them with skinny shorts too.

NO SOCKS! :)

[Eric57]

Eh, they look alright. Not every guy can pull off TOMS. Only some guys can. I think in order to really pull them off, you need a lot of confidence in yourself and in the way you dress. Honestly though, there are very few guys I have seen that can actually pull them off and look good. I have seen a few, but most guys don't look good in them.

[king_1]

Dont wear toms they are ugly on men

[Lost in the Echo]

I think they look Ok. It's their preference, it's up to them what they wear. Everyone likes different things.

[Cicero]

I'm not a big fan of how they look, but they do go to a great cause. So I'd probably just pay the money for them so I could have another pair donated.

[Bath]

Toms are ugly on everyone in my opinion.

Plus:
I want to openly state that I am disgusted with companies like Toms Shoes. If you are not familiar with them, they make cheap shoes cheaply in China, typically canvas flats, and sell them for around $40. Their claim to fame is that they donate a pair of free shoes to some poor person in the Third World for every pair you buy from them. Where do I begin?

It’s not enough that in order for some of us to feel good about buying something, we feel the need to simultaneously give it away to someone that did nothing to earn it. It’s not enough that companies tout their “social justice” agenda ahead of their quality and pride of manufacture. What tops it off is that Toms is a complete hypocrite! They want you to impoverish this country not once, but twice, with every pair of shoes you buy. Of course, both the pair of shoes you buy and the one you give away are made in China. Every dollar that leaves this country to achieve this impoverishes the US and enriches China. Hey, if China wants to spend some of their own trade surplus dollars on donating some of the shoes they make, have at it, I say!

I further call into question the dubious claim that donating free shoes around the world is even a good thing. How is this different than welfare? This creates no wealth around the world. It does not increase the economy anywhere. It does not increase skills or technology of poor people. It does, however, impoverish local businesses that make indigenous shoes because they can’t compete with FREE shoes. We should look no further than our own experience to see that international welfare is no better than domestic welfare and only creates poverty and dependency, not wealth or self-sufficiency. If you really want to help the third world, buy more American products and fewer Chinese products. You’ll make us richer and more able to afford imports from the country you’re currently feeling sorry for.

(source) (http://www.madeinusablog.org/2012/08/05/whats-wrong-with-toms-shoes/)

[Troy35216]

if you like them wear them and screw what other people think. unless you want to wear socks with them. in that case you should definitely care what other people think. :P no socks but the Toms are okay