Smart trainers for night out?

thecremeegg · 5 Dec 2019 at 11:03

danlightbulb said:
Used to be the case that all late night clubs and bars required shoes and at the least black jeans and a collar to get in. Standards have slipped massively.

Rightly so! I'm out to get ******, what shoes I wear should be the least of anyone's concerns!

Uther · 5 Dec 2019 at 11:32

'Smart trainers?' Really?

Scam · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:06

danlightbulb said:
Used to be the case that all late night clubs and bars required shoes and at the least black jeans and a collar to get in. Standards have slipped massively.

Used to be the case that men only ever left the house in a 3 piece suit and a top hat. What's your point?

Roar87 said:
You'll probably be ok unless a bouncer decides they don't like the look of you, then he has an excuse, why would you want to wear trainers though?

Because wearing smart shoes with jeans makes you look like a football hooligan. Although, I guess that would fit the bill in Leeds. But seriously, smart shoes with jeans looks utterly ridiculous. I don't know how that became the norm in the nineties.

I personally wouldn't recommend a "night out" in Leeds city centre on a Fri/Sat unless you're very particular about where you go. Speaking as a soft southerner who has to go up there to visit my other half's family every now and again.

Roar87 · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:21

Scam said:
I personally wouldn't recommend a "night out" in Leeds city centre on a Fri/Sat unless you're very particular about where you go. Speaking as a soft southerner who has to go up there to visit my other half's family every now and again.

I suppose places are scary when you don't live there, I'd be worried about going out in London yet you probably wouldn't be, yet I can confidently walk the streets of Leeds at night with no problem. I've always found Liverpool to be a good night out and everyone to be friendly and easy going, other people think it's still the 1980's and a places like Leeds and Liverpool are a bit rough.

FishFluff · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:35

chipperhead said:
I'm out in Leeds this weekend for a concert then probably a few bars afterwards. Just a quick question as I haven't been out in a city for years, would I be ok in smart leather trainers for getting into places?
Cheers.

All the decent bars in Leeds don’t have any strictly enforced dress codes, except perhaps The Maven. Stay away from all the smashed stag/hen parties on Boar Lane and you’ll have a good night out.

chipperhead · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:39

FishFluff said:
All the decent bars in Leeds don’t have any strictly enforced dress codes, except perhaps The Maven. Stay away from all the smashed stag/hen parties on Boar Lane and you’ll have a good night out.

Thanks, any areas or particular bars to head for?

MM-Seat · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:46

Pawnless Endgame said:
At least it's only Leeds. If it was Liverpool, the OP would have got mugged and the trainers would end up in the prison system as currency amongst the crims.

I think this joke is good few decades out of touch...

Schlong&Stable · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:48

MM-Seat said:
I think this joke is good few decades out of touch...

Aye they'd have his phone too now.

FishFluff · 5 Dec 2019 at 12:50

chipperhead said:
Thanks, any areas or particular bars to head for?

Depends on where your concert is really! ‘Headrow House’ is decent and pretty central. ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’ is nice. Assembly is good for craft beers/fancy gins and for pre-gig food. Belgrave is also good and has, in my opinion, the best burgers and pizza in Leeds.

chipperhead · 5 Dec 2019 at 13:10

FishFluff said:
Depends on where your concert is really! ‘Headrow House’ is decent and pretty central. ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’ is nice. Assembly is good for craft beers/fancy gins and for pre-gig food. Belgrave is also good and has, in my opinion, the best burgers and pizza in Leeds.

OK thanks, it's at First Direct Arena tomorrow night.

Sudden · 5 Dec 2019 at 13:59

Schlong&Stable said:
Aye they'd have his phone too now.

This really made me lol.

Colleagues giving me weird looks now

PapaLazaru · 5 Dec 2019 at 16:10

sprite1275 said:
'smart' and 'trainers' didnt know those words went together.

Check out Axel Arigato.

Roar87 · 5 Dec 2019 at 16:31

Sudden said:
This really made me lol.

Colleagues giving me weird looks now

I'd imagine an expression of joy would stand out in an average London office

MM-Seat · 5 Dec 2019 at 18:13

Schlong&Stable said:
Aye they'd have his phone too now.

Fantastic. My que to leave this thread I think.

krooton · 5 Dec 2019 at 18:50

I wear my brown leather Sketchers Diameters everywhere, work, bars, restaurants, never had a problem.

Em3bbs · 5 Dec 2019 at 19:01

Roar87 said:
I'd imagine an expression of joy would stand out in an average London office

Yes, because our time in the office isn't the best part of our day unlike up north.

tom_e · 5 Dec 2019 at 19:25

Em3bbs said:
Yes, because our time in the office isn't the best part of our day unlike up north.

Touche

dowie · 5 Dec 2019 at 19:31

danlightbulb said:
Used to be the case that all late night clubs and bars required shoes and at the least black jeans and a collar to get in. Standards have slipped massively.

Not really, those sorts of bars/clubs never really had any standards in the first place... I wouldn't mistake pointless dress codes like shirt with collar and no trainers etc.. as "standards".

Minstadave · 5 Dec 2019 at 19:39

PapaLazaru said:
Check out Axel Arigato.

Really? That's considered smart?

Ryan-3 · 5 Dec 2019 at 20:00

Em3bbs said:
Yes, because our time in the office isn't the best part of our day unlike up north.

No one leaves work faster than we do.