It’s time to accept that these will never be mine. (I wear a US 8.5, which is no where near a US 11.) It’s not very often that I feel such a strong need for a particular pair of shoes, but these called to me and my limited fashion sense. It doesn’t hurt that they would look awesome on my feet while I’m riding my scooter (I have a shiny dark red helmet that they would match nicely). *sigh*

It appears that Dr. Martens have become extremely hard to find. I used to know of at least 4 stores in the South Bay Area that carried them, and each of those stores has gone out of business. It probably doesn’t help that once Docs went mainstream their popularity declined, and you really don’t see goths or punks wearing them any more (these days it looks like they’re back to wearing All-Stars).

So, now I am reduced to pining for beautiful red vintage big-eyed satin ribbon-laced Docs.