https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:55:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-355470 Wed, 25 May 2011 13:59:49 +0000 Isabel 355470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Girl X, my in-laws are from the midwest and everyone calls them "tennies" for tennis shoes too. When my husband moved East, it would drive me BANANAS ! I would also call them Keds. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-355461 Wed, 25 May 2011 13:52:45 +0000 Patty 355461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Canvas runners--Tennis shoes---in French Canadian-espadrilles.<br /> To me, my grass cutting shoes LOL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-355443 Wed, 25 May 2011 12:56:36 +0000 Sheila 355443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first kind I would call tennis shoes (generic name) and bestselling brands of this are Keds and Converse. The second kind I have never seen in the US, but they are constructed like an espadrille (made out of canvas, prominent stitching), only they are of a slingback style, whereas a classic espadrille typically covers the heel and has jute trim on the side of the sole. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-355428 Wed, 25 May 2011 11:11:13 +0000 Irene 355428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, now I know what keds are!! I always wondered about that when I read about them lol British girls, pumps? Seriously? I though those were dressy shoes!!</p> <p>I used to wear abarcas as a kid, and they are amazing uses, quite flattering for casual outfits and -when you get used to them- comfortable. The problem lays on getting used to them. They are really hard shoes and until the thick leather stretches, oh my... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-355421 Wed, 25 May 2011 10:05:51 +0000 ButterflyLady 355421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd call the first plimsolls LOL (also from the UK) and the abarcas you can get in the UK - <a href="http://varca.com/home.asp" rel="nofollow">http://varca.com/home.asp</a>? (my parents had a villa in Menorca for a while, and had quite a few pairs of these shoes). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-355406 Wed, 25 May 2011 08:05:20 +0000 Aunty 355406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same as Louise for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-354940 Tue, 24 May 2011 17:33:39 +0000 Louise 354940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Being from the UK I'd call the first ones pumps. I've not seen the second ones before x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-354908 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:38:45 +0000 Girl X 354908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe it's a Canadian thing, but I grew up calling the first 'tennis shoes' (no idea why). </p> <p>I think the abarcas really are Spain specific. I'm not sure you can even buy them in North America. Whenever I've seen them it's been in Spain or on people who bought them while travelling in Spain - and they've always called them abarcas </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-354895 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:27:44 +0000 rae 354895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A third vote for calling the first kind Keds... I don't think I have seen the second style around here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-354878 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:07:23 +0000 Mo 354878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yep, the first we would call Keds, much like one would call a tissue Kleenex. The second pair I'm not familiar with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-354876 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:06:11 +0000 kimmyintexas 354876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think most people would refer to the first ones as "Keds" because that is a commom brand of that type of shoe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-curious-but-any-specific-name-for-these-in-english#post-354874 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:00:27 +0000 Irene 354874@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How would you call these shoes?</p> <p><a href="http://www.calzadoscomodos.com/catalogo/images/medios/m_nuevos%20071.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.calzadoscomodos.com.....%20071.jpg</a></p> <p>In Spain we call them 'Victoria's because that's the brand that makes them (just like we call Converses 'Converses', but since it is a Spanish brand, I though maybe you had another name for them? Or maybe you don't have that at all? I've seen them in the UK though. </p> <p>And these? <a href="http://www.solostocks.com/img/stock-de-abarcas-menorquinas-5253605n0.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.solostocks.com/img/.....3605n0.jpg</a></p> <p>This a mainly Spanish type of shoe, called 'abarca' and very popular in the Isle of Menorca, but maybe you have them in the other side of the ocean as well? </p>