Mr. Tunes

Eccos from hell

I like a casual looking shoe that fits well but looks good at the same time.

I started messing with Ecco brand shoes in high school when I was looking for a pair of dress shoes that fit like runners. I loved the things so I have been buying some pairs since.

Many years ago I bought a pair of Eccos where one of the shoes in the pair wouldn’t break in. There was clearly a flaw in the design. They ended up collecting dust in the closet and it was for sure a shame. Later on in my life I spoke to an Ecco sales rep who told me that this does indeed happen from time to time. They are apparently made for a “European foot”, and as such can be picky about who they will work with.

A few years later I gave the brand another shot and it paid off. I had these great leather brown runners that fit like a Rawlings catcher’s mitt. I was “on the train again”, as they say in Vancouver’s east side.

Last month I bought a pair of chocolate brown Eccos(“Urbanity” in the colour liquorice to be exact) in a weak attempt to continue living the dream of wearing snug fitting, yet good looking feet covers. The curse has reappeared – first week of wearing them I got horrible blisters on the heels. I had to buy special reinforced bandaids to supress the burn. A normal bandaid wouldn’t cover even a fraction of the diameter that the damage was doing.

In the past few days the shoes were showing signs of breaking in. Except the one on my right foot. It has the exact same design flaw as my last bad pair of Eccos. These shoes are showing little hope, and I am going to have to try to do a return now. I will clean any salt stains that have acrued, and try to convince them that I just wore them around the house for two weeks.

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