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"Winklepickers, or winkle pickers, are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward by male and female British rock and roll fans. The feature that gives both the boot and shoe their name is the very sharp and quite long pointed toe, reminiscent of medieval footwear and approximately the same as the long pointed toes on some women's high-fashion shoes and boots in the late 2000s. The pointed toe was called the winkle picker toe because in England periwinkle snails, or winkles, were a popular seaside snack which is eaten using a pin or other pointed object to extract the soft parts out of the coiled shell carefully, hence the phrase: "to winkle something out", and from that, winklepickers became a humorous name for shoes with a very pointed tip."




My story began in '04~05, when my brother infected me with The Horrors / Neils Children. Since i know them i wanted to own a pair of winklepickers, but they're so freakin' expensive, and it's really hard to find a good one. ┌(ﾟдﾟ)┘

The Horrors

Neils Children

guitarist of The Horrors Joshua Hayward

If you're into Japanese culture, you probably know that they have their own winklepickers, but i prefer to call 'em dress shoes. They're similiar, but most of the Japenese ones are very over decorated, just like these:

 Haku's shoes (from DissIDear)

I always liked the minimalist types, but nowadays i'm not against those omate /major pimp shoes. ༽΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵༼

First, i decided to buy a simple one, 'cuz i find Joshua's white ones really awesome. Finally i recieved 'em from the customs, so here they are:

  

 Compared to my other one that i bought from the local stores, cheap:

Sorry for the blurry pics, it was the cameraman's fault ！ （／_＼）

Fitting view

and some selcas~

I ordered this one with a Shopping Service, because most of the Rakuten stores aren't able to ship to Hungary. So, the prices were the following:

Charge 1 (commision fee, system usage incl): 15,233,- HUF

Charge 2 (domestic delivery charge, oversea shipping incl): 11,699,- HUF

Costumes: 5377,- HUF

Overall: 32,309,- HUF (that's around 14,600 Yen, but you can convert it to your own currency)

Even though it wasn't a cheap deal, i can't complain.  It's sad, this industy makes me poor. There are some others gems - as always - that i want very badly (including boots, shirts, CDs, etc)

Preview of NeoScream's first single called SIGNAL. You can listen to it on YouTube. The music's irresistible. Cheap studio songs, catchy riffs, lame vocal = flawlessness. But as always, it's impossible to find in stores. ヾ(。￣□￣)ﾂ

Engineer boots by EndeVice 

3 eyebrow piercings like Yuuha's (ex-NeXuS, ex-Lilt, the Raid.) 

or

2 new tongue piercings like Azuki's (ex-TearLace, ex-A'LETZA)

One more week, until i get my monthly payment... We'll see.  <(￣︶￣)>