I've never really been that much into shoe-fashion. A $20 pair of tennis shoes and some dress shoes for work gets me by.
I generally end up getting New Balance shoes, simply because they are one of the few (perhaps the only) companies that offer their trainers in extra-wide sizes and in the long sizes I need for my feet.
I'd post some preachy lecture about how foolish it seems to me for someone to spend hundreds of dollars on clothing, especially shoes, but that would be hypocritical as I myself am prone to spending outlandish amounts of my own money on computer components.
That being said, badmouthing a certain brand should be backed up with facts. Saying for example "Nike shoes suck" would be as bad as me stating "Rosewill makes stuffty cases". Unless you back it up with "Nike shoes have been proven in tests to lower the running speed of athletes" or if I were to say "Rosewill cases are a poor choice due to their shoddy construction, generally sharp edges and lack of features" your just blowing smoke out of your ass.
