davidsbarney Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone can help me find a picture of silver shoes Robert wore in early zep. As far as I remember they were like ballet pumps, flat anyway. I thought they had pom poms but the only thing I can be sure about is that they were silver. They came up in conversation with a friend and I'm hoping someone can prove to her that I'm not going mad. Thanks in advance. Quote
lynn Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Welcome to the forum. I seem to remember seeing pics of RP wearing silver shoes, not really "slippers", they were flat and tied more like an oxford shoe? Maybe someone will come across a pic for you and I will keep it in mind when looking at pics on the various Zep forums. In the meantime I guess your friend will continue to think you are mad! Quote
Aquamarine Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Aren't they snakeskin boots? (I'd really like to see the silver shoes, though--I'm probably the only person who loved those ballet slippers he used to wear in the 80s! ) Quote
sfmbaby Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Just to narrow down the search, they are neither these: nor these: davidsbarney insists there are ballet shoes. maven2blue, I think these are converse, very dirty converse. I personally can't believe the shoes she described really exist, and we are here to see who is right. Quote
sfmbaby Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Oh, and davidsbarney said on the old forum there was a discussion about this topic. Maybe someone remembers this and also finds a photo? Quote
lynn Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Aren't they snakeskin boots? (I'd really like to see the silver shoes, though--I'm probably the only person who loved those ballet slippers he used to wear in the 80s! ) Darn................ I thought those were silver shoes! Quote
lynn Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 nor these: Well, these shoes do look like they are silver, they're flat but don't see any pom-poms. Quote
davidsbarney Posted August 20, 2008 Author Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) Thanks so much for looking all of you. I had a look through the photos on this website and there are quite a few of the loafer silver shoes that someone posted a photo here of, so I may have mistaken one of these for ballet style shoes as they are flat enough if you can't see the heel and on the pic that Lynn posted, they look rather like I remember. I may still find my shoes, but for now I will accept that they are the ones posted.... Anything to keep sfmbaby happy...... Edited August 20, 2008 by davidsbarney Quote
Angel With A Broken Wing Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks so much for looking all of you. I had a look through the photos on this website and there are quite a few of the loafer silver shoes that someone posted a photo here of, so I may have mistaken one of these for ballet style shoes as they are flat enough if you can't see the heel and on the pic that Lynn posted, they look rather like I remember. I may still find my shoes, but for now I will accept that they are the ones posted.... Anything to make sfmbaby happy...... I looked through the photos on this site too and it became apparent that the photographers were not focused on Robert's feet, imagine that! LOL Here's a couple more that show the silver shoes pretty well: LA 73 Chicago 7-6-73 Quote
sfmbaby Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 I looked through the photos on this site too and it became apparent that the photographers were not focused on Robert's feet, imagine that! LOL Right, that is true, odd, isn't it? Quote
davidsbarney Posted August 20, 2008 Author Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) Here are some more pictures of those silver shoes which I've decided are THE silver shoes but as you've noticed, the photographer wasn't focusing on his feet, seems to be have stopped at his knees mostly on the other ones..... Edited August 20, 2008 by davidsbarney Quote
Bitchin Soul Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Here are some more pictures of those silver shoes which I've decided are THE silver shoes but as you've noticed, the photographer wasn't focusing on his feet, seems to be have stopped at his knees mostly on the other ones..... I think he is some competition for Tommy Lee Quote
lynn Posted August 21, 2008 Posted August 21, 2008 Here are some more pictures of those silver shoes which I've decided are THE silver shoes but as you've noticed, the photographer wasn't focusing on his feet, seems to be have stopped at his knees mostly on the other ones..... Well now, I think I would like to have a pair of those silver shoes. They're very cool. By the way, check out the honkin' heels on those boots of JPJ's! Quote
davidsbarney Posted August 26, 2008 Author Posted August 26, 2008 Well now, I think I would like to have a pair of those silver shoes. They're very cool. By the way, check out the honkin' heels on those boots of JPJ's! Right. and they were from the days when robert was content to have flat shoes, relying on his six ft something frame to tower over people. Jpj's shoes are pretty amazing there. Wonder if he could walk in them? Quote
lynn Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Right. and they were from the days when robert was content to have flat shoes, relying on his six ft something frame to tower over people. Jpj's shoes are pretty amazing there. Wonder if he could walk in them? I don't know but I bet he could fall off of them easily enough if he had too much to drink. Quote
rainydaywoman Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 I had a pair of platform Frye boots kind of like JPJ's boots pictured here, and they were indeed hard to walk in! Quote
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