Bowling Shoes-Footwear To Satisfy Your Inner Seth Cohen

You skip up to the counter and eagerly tell the disinterested teenager your shoe size. You’re suddenly glad you remembered to wear socks as you realize you’ll have to wear a pair of slightly damp, blue and red suede bowling shoes for the next two hours.

Typically, the shoelaces are nearly three feet long, so you immediately devise an elaborate plan to prevent them from coming undone mid-bowl. This is vital, since the utter humiliation you will experience by falling flat on your face at Jack Robertson’s birthday party will surely scar you for life.

The best place to buy these shoes is via the Internet as there are definite advantages to using an online shoe store to make your purchase. The most obvious one is, of course, your shoes will be new and therefore devoid of the fungal smorgasbord that is present in your average Bowl-o-rama pair. After all, everyone knows the “disinfectant” spray is really just water.

Also, since there very few dedicated bowling stores around, shopping in an online store means you can view a plethora of shoe styles, colours and brands as well as find the most competitive prices. Best of all, you don’t have to spend hours in the store trying them on since years of birthday parties have given you a superior knowledge of how the shoes fit.

Isn’t Bowling for Dorks?

Admittedly, shows like Bowling for Dollars have done little to increase the profile of bowling fashion. Most modern shoes are made looking like regular leather running shoes and are therefore not that interesting from a fashion perspective. The vintage red and blue suede styles are available in traditional second-hand stores or online stores that deal with specialty or vintage shoes.

Like Spiderman lunchboxes, HotWheels racers and PF Flyers, toys and shoes from your childhood are back in a big way. If you have a pair of All-Stars that you wear with everything, why not branch out and try some snazzy bowlers? These shoes go well with a classic pair of Levi’s and a retro logo shirt or you can make a quirky fashion statement and wear bowlers with a shirt and tie.