Waverly. . .I think you left off Tevas, Danskos, flip-flops, Keens and a couple others.
Please let us know which of these are acceptable footwear that aren’t a fad, and don’t immediately impart one of your (oh so original) archetypes to the wearer.
Perhaps this needs clarifying. I’m a primary elementary school librarian, and every Friday (School Spirit Day) I do wear jeans, my school logo T-Shrit, and the navy crocs.
I’m not wearing them to a shareholder’s meeting. :rolleyes:
I have a pair of these (in a different color) and I have beaten them to hell now for about two years. They are beyond a doubt the most useful, comfortable, flexible shoes I have ever owned. They go from the gym to the bike to the boat to the beach to the trail, they dry quickly, they shed dirt, they hold their fit, they support my weak arches.
Additionally, my feet smell like a cab driver taking a bath in limburger cheese. These kicks don’t smell like anything after two years.
Sure, they’re ugly. Ugly like a fox.
Note to self: stay away from stoli’s feet. Damn, man.
Anyone with a Merton’s neuroma ever try Crocs on? I’m always looking for casual shoes that don’t make me want to cry.
I assumed from looking at them that they’d be scuffly and uncomfortable.
Sorry, but I’d put Keens, Doc Martens, Born, and a few others on the list of shoes that at least builds form around function. You can buy Keens, put them on right out of the box, and go for a couple mile hike without injuring yourself. I wouldn’t try that with Crocs.
Someone is going to tell me that Crocs are comfy, and therefore functional. I’d say that they are comfy in the same way that a rubber muumuu might seem strangely comfortable when you first put it on. And you can’t tell me that with neon colors and add-on flair that Croc is going after the function before style crowd.
Eh. Me and my bad spine have nothing but love for the Crocs. Sure, they’re ugly, but the smaller, less “OH MY GOD THOSE ARE CLOGS, FULL OF HOLES, AND BRIGHT PINK!” of their line of shoes are actually perfectly fine and less, erm, conspicuous…
I also know many nurses and teachers (who spend most of their day on their feet) who swear by them. To each his own, ya know?
I don’t know what you’re looking for out of Crocs.
I wouldn’t compare them to keens. I’d compare them to flip-flops.
I just think they’re essentially a more durable flip-flop. They slip on and off. They can be hosed off, and that material doesn’t hold water. They offer a little bit of top of foot protection.
I also sort of treat them as an indoor-outdoor house slipper. Like, if I’m just going out to water the plants, or back and forth from the grill to the kitchen. I don’t want to use house slippers for that, and I’m not putting on my sneakers in the middle of summer.
They’re the best beach shoe I’ve ever had, especially considering they’re fine for walking on the boardwalk, or riding a bike.
Keen Sandles are great. I have to get another pair (my dog ate them).
AND I can wear them to work, just like my Crocs 
I’m sporting blue ones right now. Most comfortable footwear I’ve ever owned.
<comic book guy>
Best…shoes…evar!
</cbg>
For all the comfort reasons expressed in this thread I don’t understand why you don’t get a nice pair of shoes, maybe even half size too big so you can fit some really squishy ones in there, and put some nice insoles in them that meet your needs instead of looking all scummy running around at work in the same shoes other people wear for scooping up the dog shit in the back yard.
Like I said, crocs do have a place,but that place is in the same category as flip-flops though and people treat them like regular shoes and look silly in the process.
You are too nice.
Now about the subscription… how much would you pay?
Yeah, on the feet of any damned person who wants to wear them.
Omigod. Your pristine eyeballs might be injured by someone wearing fashions you do not approve of. Gasp. Point. Stare.
Crocs are absolutely the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen in a shoe store. Comfortable or not, the only people who can get away without looking like a complete idiot (IMHO) while wearing them are nurses. Somehow they do work with scrubs.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Vans though. I have low arches and small spurs in the back of both heels. Finding comfy every day shoes used to be hell until I found Vans - they have great support for me, nicely padded heels and look great with jeans (although dumb with shorts, so they’re not much use for summer). Now if only I could find some smart shoes like that, I’d be set.
They’re ugly and trendy and comfortable, and yet another way for dumpy people to feel fashionable. I can excuse them on a nurse or someone who stands around all day, but people who feel their black crocs are their ‘dressy’ shoes make the baby Jesus cry.
Does anybody think they are dressy shoes? Nobody thinks they are dress shoes. This issue is that a large number of people have sticks up their butts about professional dress.
You seem to be fixated on the idea of wooden objects up the arse. DON’T elaborate on your personal issues, but do take some time away from the computer to drown your problems in liquor or shoot some smack. It will do you good.
Me too, and I haven’t forgotten those injection-moulded fluorescent pink and green “moon-boots” that were trendy in the early eighties.
Would it confuse the issue too much if I asked why two people - unrelated and at different times of day - choose to wear Uggs boots to the beach last week? I’m not kidding here. Is there some reason this should make more sense than it appears to? Uggs, BTW, are plenty ugly, but having looked at them up close they seem to be we warm and well made so I don’t get too worked up over them. Except I question them as beachwear.
Comfort isn’t something that’s always quantifiable. Do what works for you and I’ll do what works for me.
If someone’s a slob, they’re a slob.
You’ve really got a stick up your ass about this dontcha?