If you are in your late teens, live in Japan, and are going for some Kogyaru look, maybe you can pull it off. Otherwise leave these alone.
I would not, could not, enjoy a quick trick from a chick in Croc socks.
I’ve got some Crocs thongs that are just unbelievably comfy. I wear them all the time. I’ve got all kinds of foot problems, and I swear the Crocs footbed is more comfy than wearing any other shoe with my $400 prescription orthotics. And come cooler weather, I’m planning on getting some regular Crocs, and maybe even the incredibly ugly but wonderfully waterproof and comfy-looking boots. Because there’s nothing nastier than getting my feet wet, or even just damp, several times a day when I have to go out with the dogs no matter what the weather.
Birks are great for slopping around in, but on a comfort scale? Crocs have them so far beat that they’re not even in the same universe of comfort.
“ritious”?
I used to love my Birkies. I lived in them. I was obsessive about them. Then I was forced into ‘regular’ shoes (mostly cross-trainers) suitable for holding prescription orthotics. Now I can’t wear the Birkies at all anymore.
For a while, I wore a pair of Crocs’ cheaper knockoff brothers, Waldies. I utterly loved their weightlessness, their cushion, their slight grippiness so that I could actually run in them (as clogs) without having to shuffle. BUT then my right foot developed heel pain, which progressed into intractable plantar fasciitis. I don’t know if there’s any connection between wearing the Waldies and developing horrible foot pain, but I’ve gone back to cross-trainers with orthotics.
I don’t care what they LOOK like. If they feel good, I’ll wear them. If they hurt me, they’re out the door. The same goes for high heels, anything strappy, anything absolutely flat without arch support…looks take a major distant second place.
Boo.
The first pair of Crocks I ever saw were powder blue and worn by a profoundly mentally retarded man at the bus loop.
I’ve never been able to determine if my subsequent perceptions of them have been coloured by that. They just don’t look right to me on the feet of people who aren’t mentally retarded.
I love my Crocs. They are perfect for camping, dragon boating or kayaking, pretty much anything outdoors when your feet might get wet. I only wear them with socks if I happen to slip them on when I go to take out the trash or something, though.
I love that these crocs are called the “Professional.” The professional what?
Wow. How much time do you spend staring at peoples’ feet? Are there more of your kind?
I used the link in this thread to order my crocs. I tried on a pair at work, and they are incredibly comfortable shoes. I have a bone spur, very high arches,a nd varicose veins. I am a nurse who recently changed units and now I stand more than walk–my Nikes are killing my feet (even with my refurbished orthotics).
They aren’t the most attractive of shoes (although they are cute in a Smurf kind of way), but I don’t care for fashion at work.
They would also be great for gardening.
One thing–on the website, after my selection, it said to me that I am “$60 away from free shipping!” :rolleyes: shipping was all of $10–I proceeded to check out.
Well, they’re ugly, that’s for sure, but why are you getting so upset by what other people wear (granted, I don’t understand some styles and “toddler with a full diaper” thug pants make me laugh every time), but why get yourself so worked up?
I mean yeah, they’re ugly, and many people are fashion victims via Crocs and Birkenstocks, but “long for the next ice age”?
Although, as you said, they’re hard rubber chunks, I don’t know how they could possibly be comfortable at all. But again, if people want ugly shoes that are uncomfortable too, oh well.
Crocs are the ugliest shoes in the universe, and this is coming from someone wearing Birkenstocks at the moment. (I actually think Birks are pretty cute. BTW, I washed my hair this morning.) But I don’t really think it’s a big enough deal to get worked up over. EXCEPT that the last time I saw my mom, she was wearing Crocs. Apparently she and my sister have them and they looooove them. Again, not my business. Until my mom told me she wanted to buy ME a pair.
Me: Uh, no thanks, Mom, I have enough shoes.
Mom: They’re FANTASTIC. You’ll LOVE them.
Me: No, really, Mom, I don’t want them.
Mom: Why NOT? I’m offering to buy them for you!
Me: Because they’re freaking UGLY!
Mom: < gasp of horror that I would insult her dress sense. >
Me: Entrapment! You forced me to insult you by wearing UGLY ASS SHOES.
Dr. Scholl actually.
:Shrug: I bought a black pair after realizing how much my Wife loved her pair.
I find them very comfy and light weight. They aren’t hard rubber at all, they are pretty soft really.
Ugly? To each his own. I like the looks of mine. I can wear them with socks or not, and even wear them to work once in a while.
They are also great if you need to through something on real quick if you need to dash outside or something. Very handy.
Meh. My Birkenstock sandals are comfortable, there is never a sock in their presence, they don’t smell, I’m not a hippie, and this pair’s lasted me for three years so far and I wear them three seasons–by contrast, I’m hard enough on shoes that I need a new pair of hiking shoes from land’s end every year just from winter wear.
Not a lesbian. Not a hippie, either.
No list of ugly-ass shoes that are purportedly “super comfortable” is complete without a mention of Keens. They are super expensive to boot.
Huh. They’re called Crocs. I did not know that. I was calling them “ugly plastic gardening clogs with holes punched in them.”
I hate shoes anyway. I’ve finally retreated to the men’s section to find sneakers I can wear comfortably. Unfortunately I’m still trapped in the women’s side for dress shoes. Apparently they do not make the nice styles in wide. I should probably give up and start binding my feet so I can be Trendy.
Waverly, I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that I really, really like you. If you had a newsletter, I’d subscribe. 
I find most Crocs repulsive. However, those ballet flat ones (the Primas) are kind of cute. I’m actually considering getting a pair in black.
This is my beef with Crocs. Yes they are ugly. No they don’t have support. I can live with that. The thing that gets my goat about these shoes though is that people wear them to work in professional environments or to church or whatever and it drives me crazy. Crocs are on the same level as fancy house slippers or flip flops.
You shouldn’t wear crocs someplace that you wouldn’t wear your rubber shower shoes/athletic flip flops. They are totally unprofessional IMHO and, barring a clinical environment, I would forbid them at any workplace that I was in charge of. Contrary to the seemingly growing popular belief, your comfort doesn’t always override the need to look at least marginally professional.
It’s like those ladies who wear a dress to work with nylons on and then change into sneakers, or crocs nowadays, to walk around the office in. These are secretaries who sit in chairs all day. Nothing looks lamer than a lady in a dress and nylons with sneakers on her feet.