Hmmm, it's interesting as Converse would have been my 1st guess.
However, having had a bit of a dig around it was surprising to see that not may of the converse shoes have that wide "dog leg" bit coming down from the laces to the sole. Most of them follow that style but only as a single line (not the thick, double) - I hope that makes sense? Also, they dont seem to have the toe cap bit that a lot of the Converse shoes seem to have.
Surprisingly, when I did an unbranded search, I actually got a load of Louis Vuitton and Gucci results coming up which fitted the bill much more than the converse ones did.... but then we're into the realms of "
would harry wear gucci, or is this a case of the costume dept doing something knowing that it's only the "geeks" that will notice" .... but that's a whole different topic of conversation so we won't go there :lol
The other thing is, there's no visible branding. That's not surprising as it's possible the costume dept may have removed it (although in this day and age of product placement, it's getting more surprising as I expect companies would love to have their brands mentioned in the case of HP), but even if the costume dept had removed the converse "star" logo from the side, I wondered if we may have still seen a tell-tale sign. hmm
The other thing is, it's hard to see the colour. I know from hard experience of my voldemort shoes that the shoes can look REALLY different depending on the circumstances.
I'm almost tempted to say they're a grey/blue which has been really really dirtied up. Add to that the filter effect and you'd end up with that grey/blackish impression.
I think it's actually rare (although I could be wrong on this) for them to use a black, as black in a darkly lit scene would just vanish and look wrong, so I think it's probably a much lighter colour than we'd imagine.
The other thing it would be interesting to know for sure is whether the sole was originally white (and dirtied / dyed) or whether it's actually a grey.
I guess we could really do with trying to track down an even better high res image, or a closer screen capture.
That said, I think we have a few good tell tales we can look for to help you narrow down (and hopefully ID) the shoes:
1) That thick "Dog leg" bit
(if that doesn't make sense, let me know as it's going to be key to finding the right shoes)
- finding that, in combination with the other factors will be the key
2) The "dog leg" bit is actually quite raised from the layer below.
That will narrow it down further as many of the shoes I've seen so far with that "dog leg" bit actually have it on the same layer as the side of the shoe.
3) Lack of any other lines / pattern.
I've seen a few which were close, but even the closest match so far had lines which didn't match Harry's. Harry's seem to be relatively plain.
4) Structure
They seem to be fairly structured still. Some of the one's I've seen look like they'd be too soft (i.e. very canvassy - these look to have some solidity to them) so that may/may not also help with the "fine tuning" if you end up with several results.
5) Sole / eyelets
OK, so these can be coloured so unless we can find out for sure, we'll have to take their existing colour with a pinch of salt. However, I'm not currently convinced they're the kind of shoe which originally had the "white" sole. I can imagine the costume dept weathering them, but these look like they're much greyer than weathing alone. I suspect they're actually grey - that said... if they did dye the shoes then that doesn't rule out white (which is why we need to try to find a better pic
)
I wouldn't rule out Converse just yet. Assuming the costume dept have tried to stick with the "
shoes harry could get off the high street approach" then Converse, Aldo, Ecco would be the best place to start as these are the latter are shoes which we know they used previously. If we dont get anywhere with those, we can widen the search.
It took me 2 years to research my voldemort shoes, but in the end it paid off and I'm 95% sure they're accurate, so patience (and a spot of dogged determination! :lol) will hopefully get you there
