[Help] Slipper advice needed

[Goldstone1976]

These are not cheap but then given they last for years I don’t mind splashing out on them. You may even find a pair that are named after you

https://www.draper-of-glastonbury.com/collections/mens-sheepskin-slippers

I went for a pair of drapers a couple of years ago, precisely because I thought they’d last years. I got 8 months out of them.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I find those pubs round the back of Kings X the best. And always carry a bag of pound coins...it’s embarrassing asking for change when she comes round with the pint pot.

Oh, you said slippers. Doh.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Sliders for me, with socks when colder that also facilitates swift transfer to shoes.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Got a fantastic pair in Poundland, North Street last year. Hand-stitched by two Covid-19 infected blind Sri Lankan six year olds, but I’ll happily ignore that fact for the price I paid. Why pay more? They’re only slippers, and very comfy and durable they've proved to be. Cheers.

I hope they were provided with thimbles.

No, I think they just come with faux social outrage and a large dollop of misery.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Always with hard soles, slipper of the yard

 

[Arthur]

There appears to be a hole in your rationale, and, as could be inferred from your post, also in the fabric or soles of your previous two pairs of slippers.

Soles are fine actually. Its the inside that goes. But quite frankly if you get 4 years use out of them you've had value for money in my opinion.

 

[Palacefinder General]

No, I think they just come with faux social outrage and a large dollop of misery.

I struggle to think of any high street brand that isn’t exploiting cheap third world labour (Infinity Foods possibly excepted). Even ‘top end’ brand The North Face, mentioned on this thread, has been highlighted as using sweatshops in El Salvador and Bangladesh.

 

[marlowe]

Splendid - are you a professor of slipperology?

Much to my regret I have no formal qualifications of which to speak in that particular field of footwear. Any knowledge or expertise I have acquired or have offered to impart is that of a very well versed and committed autodidact.

 

[marlowe]

These are not cheap but then given they last for years I don’t mind splashing out on them. You may even find a pair that are named after you

https://www.draper-of-glastonbury.com/collections/mens-sheepskin-slippers

Having checked their offerings I couldn't help thinking that most of those displayed would not be complete without the addition of a Victorian gentleman's smoking jacket. That is by no means a criticism but it would necessitate extra cost as you yourself may have already discovered.

And of course the addition of a smoking jacket would necessitate that it served the purpose for which it was originally designed, unless you want to risk accusations of being nothing but a poseur or popinjay.

So I'm afraid your suggestion comes with all sorts of potential ramifications and health considerations.