SCREAM I think I want to buy some Crocs!

My Doc Marten sandals flay the skin off my ankles, and flip-flops macerate the skin between my toes. But are they a bit, you know, "wrong"? Like "jolly" HotPotch shirts from Boden? A bit "smug"? A bit "Stoke Newington"? A bit "driving the 4x4 to Cornwall for the Bank Holiday"? A bit "Jeremy & Jemima"? They look like clogs made by the simpler cast members of Rainbow. And the kids literally cry every day they don't have them ... Picture: They look wrong, don't they? But yet ...

Comments

[Marie]

Well I recently try them and I'm also thinking about buying a pair too. Very comfortable, never wear something SO comfortable in my all life in fact! Many colors and styles. My only critics: they are very (to?) costy in Europe.

[rivergirlie]

if you don't like the look of them, for god's sake, don't let them near your feet. they're so comfy, you'll never be able to go back to proper shoes. it's like 'invasion of the foot snatchers'.

[Lady Brady]

Sorry to come back to this again but today I saw a woman wearing some red crocs with a maxi dress - surely that's not right?

[Fiz]

Talking of Noddy shoes, my son wanted to dress as Noddy this morning nd his red 'clogs' (Croc styled footwear for a fiver in Asda) were just the ticket to complete the outfit.

Personally I tried some and found that the feeling they were sprayed inside with furniture polish put me off. I'll have to find something else of complete MY Noddy outfit... :-)

[RubbishMum]

These entries gave me a good laugh. Yes they are expensive yes they make you look like Noddy/boats, they're ugly and hideous ooh they're awful blah blah blah
I am a veteran of comfy summer shoes - Birks, Merrells, tevas etc NOTHING comes close to Crocs - they are divine. Once you start wearing them you never want to wear anything else. And you can get those cute little sticker things on them which make you look like more of a prat. But they are un-take-offable. Sorry.

[spymum]

For the last year I have been obsessed by them precisely because they are so achingly middle class!

Umberto Eco himself couln't explain the semiotics of Crocs, and why they they appeal and repel in equal measure!

I did compromise and buy them for my little 'uns though!

http://poshmum.blogspot.com/2007/04/to-croc-or-not.html

[Delilah, USA]

£30? Are you mad? My Holey Soles (for gardening - at 80 degrees in 85 percent humididty you need the air circulation, and it's a joy to turn the hose over your feet at the end of the day) cost $26 - make that about £13 at current exchange rates. Presumably they all emanate from the same sweatshops...
Of course, the kids all wear $6 rip-offs from the supermarket. Super for summer, and no more stubbed toes.

[onetruelove]

Face it, they are stupidly expensive at £30 a throw, and achingly middle class. You are all right. They suck, but somehow also blow.
I have the Canadian version in turquoise called Holey Soles, but I can at least claim to have not wasted money on them as they were a free sample. Wear them with socks to avoid the inevitable jelly shoe sweat slide. But by god they are a spongy joy to slob about it. Not good for very long walks or gardening, as mud and grit enter freely.
My Lovely Bloke says the sight of them cause him to shrivel.

[Mother at Large]

Caitlin, I'm sorry. I got confused (again). In Millets at lunchtime we saw the offending Crocs for first time, understand now what you mean.

[beta mum]

A friend of mine wears them in theatre (she's a nurse) and hates to see them outside work.
As for Boden.. don't mention old Johnnie to me, we've broken up.
For good.

http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/154/

[Claire King]

Ugly or not, I don't care. I love my Crocs.

I can't believe the controversy. A foot massage all day? Yes PLEASE.

If the fashion police seriously wants to tell me I should choose more beautiful shoes, then may you take my poor, pregnant, toddler chasing, hard working feet.

[Mary]

NO NO NO NO NO!!!
They're just about acceptable on the under tens. Any older and you're fooling yourself.

[Wendy V]

I've been resisting buying Crocs for at least 18 months, while everyone in my pilates-going circles has one-by-one gone over to the dark side, extolling their comfort. I thought them too ugly to contemplate in the first place, and, whereas most trends eventually cajole me into conformity in the end (eg ceramic hair straighteners, now gathering dust on the bedroom shelf), Crocs still look plug ugly. Celery (or it it pistachio?) or not, I will not succumb!

[supermother]

I find it better to regulate the places we go by whether my heels can be accommodated rather than the other way round.....[ joke... up to a point...]

Alpha mothers wear wonderful shoes, rarely under 3 inch heels except skiing or on horseback.

[Lazy Mummy]

Caitlin, darling, even after 12 years in the Hippie-Software paradise known as Seattle where natives can be spotted at the symphony in their hiking boots, I wouldn't be seen dead or alive in crocs.

If you need something comfortable & waterproof for walking with the kiddies, look at something like tevas or chacos. They, at least, have decent support, and don't scream "Noddy and Big Ears" from the other side of the street.

[Lady Brady]

Noooo! Don't do it! They are ugly ugly ugly! They should only be worn by giant Lego people. In fact, make that giant Dutch Lego hospital staff. On the plus side, you can chuck them in the recycling bin when this "hey look at my big bright wacky clown shoes" fad is over.

[MotherAtLarge]

And yet.... and yet... hmmm, tricky, isn't it. They're so evocative of certain medical dramas. No wonder medics all wear them to work. Also so very ... Dutch. In a not-good way. Have you considered Birkenstocks? Not so cutting edge, I grant you. But fewer nautical parallels. I have huge feet. All my shoes look like boats. I could never get away with these.

http://www.motheratlarge.com