As some of you may know, those blessed/cursed with the affliction of Massive Feet, wearing shoes that are anything other than black causes all kinds of mental anguish. White shoes? Oh my days, no. You may as well slip your foot neatly into the back of a P&O ferry and go strut around town.
Blue shoes, however, don’t seem to cause this problem. Maybe it’s because these DVS Luster’s are the same colour as the sky and sea, a nice soft warm blue that soothes any kind of paranoia you may have that people are pointing at your shoes whilst shielding their eyes.
Gotta say it too, these were surprisingly comfy straight out the box, which thin suede kicks sometimes aren’t. They can take a while to break in, bend to your foot shape, and although they pinched a recently mangled toe (thanks skateboarding, don’t you know your big toe is crucial for keeping balance?), within an hour these were comfy as an old leather sofa.
As part of the Eurotrash series, these are plastered with Flo Mirtain’s name, his relaxed but powerful skating shows why he’s been given a simple, solid shoe like this. There’s nothing to break on these as the toe stitching is super high up, and they’ve included the properly 90’s stitched X around the ollie mark that should hold out for quite a while.
What does feel a little strange with these is the combo of thin material on the sides and tongue, combined with a thicker than you’d expect sole. It’s actually quite welcome as it gives you a tad more leeway when jumping down bigger stuff, but it’s not so thick it feels like the sole of your foot has gone numb. Perfect, basically.
These are well worth a look if you’re on the prowl for a new pair of shoes, they perform really well, and are probably some of the cheapest skate shoes in the shops right now. DVS definitely deliver more than you pay for too, quality is never compromised with these guys, and you can tell by their amazing team. Go get yourself a pair right now while the sun’s still shining.
Moose