Crocs !!! Hate them or love them

[strangefruit]

i do own a pair but i did not buy them myself, i'd like to add! my mother bought them for me during the summer for walking the dogs as she swears by them and thought they'd be more comfy than flip flops.... they're not. i really don't find them comfortable at all and they are possibly the ugliest things i've seen in my life!!

 

[lmelanie]

god..hate em!

 

[John_M.]

Hardly anyone wears clogs anymore, but Crocs clogs they are the most common clogs nowadays, especially the ever-popular rubber clogs you'll see often. I've deemed them to be more tolerable rather than hideously ugly (at least I'd wear these than open-toe boots or any of the hybrid abominations).

Again, I'm in the love crowd, but my love is more tolerable than outright hate or outright love.

 

[daniellat]

i hate it when people start wearing things just because theyre everywhere. then they asume they HAVE to wear them because everybody else is doing it, like theres no other shoes in the world...it kiiiiiills me to se people in crocs

 

[John_M.]

No... wearing sheepskin boots and the biggest Winter boots available (even on a warm Fall/Winter day) is an assumption that everyone else is wearing them. Crocs are a dime a dozen, like flip-flops. There's much worse shoes femmes are like "everyone else are wearing them, why don't I?" This is nothing.

 

[papa_levante]

Don't worry, y'all.

Good news! Crocs might disappear as soon as September. The shoemaker has until the end of September to pay off its debt. Last year the company lost $185.1 million. They cut about 2,000 jobs, but still owe creditors millions. The Washington Post reports:

"The company's toast," said Damon Vickers, who manages an investment fund at Nine Points Capital Partners in Seattle. "They're zombie-ish. They're dead and they don't know it."
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After, against all logic, the company managed to sell 100 million pairs of shoes over seven years, they made millions more shoes to meet demand. They even made charms with which to adorn them. Luckily the universe has no room for this sort of hideousness, and as fate would have it, the economy crashed. Crocs customers realized their money is best spent on anything other than that absurdly ugly footwear.

Two summers ago, Nancy Fisher of the District bought two pairs of Crocs, one green and one pink, for her daughters. The girls, now 8 and 12, wore them constantly and even got charms to decorate the tops. This year, the shoes are forgotten.

"They were their go-to," Fisher said, "and now they're just really interested in flip-flops."​

Praise! But the company is in denial about their imminent demise. They recently hired a new CEO to lead the seemingly pointless exercise of trying to keep Crocs afloat. He's telling analysts George Clooney has promised to work with the company. We thought George had decent taste, but it makes perfect sense: Someone as rich as he is hasn't felt the economic force that knocked the beer goggles off so many other Crocs customers.

nymag.com

 

[shimmysugar]

i wear crocs at work. i'm a nurse so i use them when i scrub at the operating or delivery room coz the betadine, blood spatters, etc don't leave marks. just scrub em with laundry soap and a brush and voila!

but i swore to myself i'll never ever ever wear crocs anywhere else.​

 

[Baxxxton]

I absolutely hate them they just look awful.

 

[Lovin_It]

Hate Em

 

[rosalynn]

Hate them. I guess they're OK for kids if they're trapsing around a theme park or something, but anyone over the age of 10-or-so should never wear Crocs in public.

 

[Tigerlily]

Realy To Ugly!!!!

 

[stellina]

unless you are a child, or in a profession like nursing, then crocs are completely unncessecary and anyone else wearing them should be shunned, quite frankly.

 

[StoneSkipper]

I love it, I always wear it

 

[papa_levante]

^^ I can't even imagine wearing them as a nurse. My mother nabbed a pair at a thrift store and uses them to water the garden (as not to soak her shoes). I tried them on and seriously, you can feel EVERYTHING you step on. Incredibly uncomfortable.

 

[Miss Mod]

Crocs look adorable on people under the age of 5. Other than that, no freaking way. It's the ones with fur that bother me the most. The Washington Post did a great article about how the Croc company is really failing during this recession, it was in the ny mag blog post mentioned a couple of posts ago. Here it is.

 

[lifeistiffanyblu]

if i had a kid, i wouldnt even let my kid wear them. i just think it is suitable for watering the garden etc and gardening like stated but using something like crocs as a "fashion statement" is just unoriginal.

 

[John_M.]

Okay. Here's what I think of Crocs. Crocs and flip-flop/thong sandals are basically in the category of casual/lazy footwear. I've never really hated Crocs unless the designs were really horrible.

Much like how most sheepskin boots are mostly called UGGs, most people refer to Crocs as the clogs with the holes at the front. Crocs are much more than that, as I've seen some mary jane-style Crocs shoes a few times before. For lazy days or not really fashionable looks, Crocs are perfectly fine. Just don't wear Crocs to try to make some kind of cool or fashionable look. My views on Crocs are pretty different from most others. I've seen a few femmes wear these kind of like slippers or as more comfy footwear apart from any proper shoes to wear.

So all in all, I mostly like these as alternative footwear or for lazy days. Even still, Crocs should never be worn if one is trying to go for a stylish or cute look.

 

[Emma Naomi]

I don't like them really, on adults. The (4 year old)twins I babysit have Crocs, and they are adorable in them! But I think for kids they are ok, and very practical (come on, kids always step in mud/ drop stuff on their clothes) as you can wash them easily, and they are easy for the kids to put on. For adults, however, they do not look good. They can be used where needed, e.g. on the beach in the sea, watering plants, around the house, but not for going out in. Some people wear them to try to look 'quirky' but it just doesn't work...

 

[leannec]

not a fan but quite cute on children...

 

[alicia753]

Hate them!