About 25 years ago or so, there was a shoe store in the Village called Fred Braun that had the most comfortable shoes. I'm going to NYC soon and wonder if this store still exists. Does anyone know?

I actually knew a guy named Fred Braun but he died a few years ago. I'm not familiar with the shoe store.

I lived in Fred Brauns 25-30 years ago.

No longer around anywhere. I even did a internet search. Nothing.
He was the Steve Madden of the 70s.

Big disappointment about Fred Braun, AJ. I loved those shoes!

Wow, Fran. Talk about a trip down memory lane. I loved my Fred Brauns as a teenager. I guess that really dates me. Haven't thought about them in years, but it's my understanding that they're gone.

I threw an old pair of Fred Braun's on top of a telephone pole in Brooklyn back in the 70's. I wonder if its still there?

Actually there were a bunch of Fred Braun stores--one on Lexington near Bloomingdales, one on 34th street. I guess I was a teenager hen I wore them too but I remember them mostly for the high heels my mother surprisingly let me buy there! They went out of business by the early 80's.

IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FRED BRAUN SHOES FOR YEARS

You might find some vintage F. Braun's at Cobblestones. http://www.yelp.com/biz/cobblestones-new-york

OK, as if I weren't feeling old enough in 2011, here comes a madeleine that takes me back to 8th street in 1968.

I, too loved my fred braun shoes......came in that stripped box with the string. We use to carry our gym suits and chuck taylors in................but yeah my siste told me that they went out of busniess.........I hated to hear that.....I use to babysit on sat.nite and have enough to go to this store on picken ave.in bklyn in brownsville and buy me a pr.of Fred Brauns to wear to school the next day.........we talking jr.highsch.1967-1969............WINTHROP JR HIGH.........Every yr. They came out with a new style and I tried to get them all....2 tones ones the different shape toe.....they we the bomb! Haven't had a shoe that I loved so much since.....................FRED BRAUN FAN 4EVER! If you where I can buy some let me know.........thx

I went to Winthrop Jr. High in the '60's. I remember getting Fred Braun shoes for the first day of school! Could'nt wait to go school shopping.

Oh my goodness, I was just telling my coworker about my fred brauns today. We used to call them our 19.08's because that's what they cost with tax! That was a whole lot of money for shoes when I was in high school. Boy do I miss those shoes. We would buy them in the Fred Braun store on Jamaica Avenue in Queens. Talk about memory lane!!!

When I started High School in 1969-1970, I had a pair of two-toned, burgundy and grey, oxford styled 3 corner toed Fred Braun's. They were the joint!! I had to save my allowance for a more than a month to supplement my Mom's budget for my shoes because Fred Braun's were considered expensive shoes at that time for our family of five children on a Police Man's salary. I was so proud and excited when I walked into the Glove Shop on Jamaica Avenue and purchased my shoes!! What great teeny bopper fashion memories!! Miss Alexander...I think that we may have had the same shoes in 1969!!