ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i saw a woman on the tube wearing footless tights but they were a bit too tight and she had flesh burtsing out of the tights and the straps on her shoes as well. didnt look comfy
Crocs. Why?
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ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
milesy said:yeah, it's not like they're footless tights or anything...
Touché
Ooh, now I'm all angry about footless tights.
D
Well-Known Member
I have some old, dirty crocs and we just used a pair in my last show. I used to be a big fan, but my love affair has wound down. I dig 'em because they're colorful and they're not made of leather, but as I've changed my MO with respect to buying leather, I'm no longer as enthused about them. And they can be rather wobbly, it's true. Recently I bought a pair of these:
http://www.birkenstockusa.com/products/women/sandals/gizeh/mango-antique-leather/4384
but with white footbeds and soles, not brown
and they are far more supportive than crocs
http://www.birkenstockusa.com/products/women/sandals/gizeh/mango-antique-leather/4384
but with white footbeds and soles, not brown
and they are far more supportive than crocs
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Hatred of Crocs, for those that feel it, is atavstic, like a reaction to snakes or hornets. I'm with the h8rz quite honestly
And Blockaboots...yo ho ho...
POster - you could make yourself a LOT of money with those three ideas...
And Blockaboots...yo ho ho...
POster - you could make yourself a LOT of money with those three ideas...
butterfly child
Well-Known Member
D said:
Birkies fuck my feet, they're not good for this over pronater.
Pronator?
Whatever.
Crocs ARE v comfy, but they also don't do anything for my over pronation.
So I wore them round the house for a bit, and then forgot about them.
AND they make my feet sweat, which they claim not to do.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
milesy said:
The funniest thing ever (well, recently) was when we saw two middle class families at opposite sides of the road in Clifton waiting to cross - each had the same number of kids with identical crocs on (pink), you could see both the mums cringing with embarrassment. It really amused me for the rest of the day.
mango5
Endeavour era
They can be a bit slippy in the rain, but they're pretty handy in tropical climates. I've got some black prima ones (ballet shoe type) I can wear for work. I think of them as 'grown up plastic shoes you can scrub and hose down'. Anything else would be filthy and ruined within 5 feet of my front door. They're very popular here, in the sense that lots of people wear them rather than because they're fashionable.
Louloubelle
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I think that part of the appeal is that they offer some (although not enough IMO) arch support and people not used to buying shoes with integrated arch support find them very comfy without quite knowing why. They are also cheap and cheerful and don't look like orthopedic shoes.
I've collected and sold various elegant shoes from the 1940s and they all have very high quality leather linings with built in arch support. Even the high heeled shoes have a neatly stitched, padded insole providing arch support. Shoes were beautifully made back then and I wish more shoes were made like it today.
I've collected and sold various elegant shoes from the 1940s and they all have very high quality leather linings with built in arch support. Even the high heeled shoes have a neatly stitched, padded insole providing arch support. Shoes were beautifully made back then and I wish more shoes were made like it today.
butterfly child
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mango5 said:
I think some people tend to give Crocs wearers a bit of a hard time. Everyone I have ever spoken to about Crocs say they love them because they are so comfortable. They're not attractive shoes, there's no denying it, but if people are wearing them because they're comfortable, they are wearing them for the right reason.
Birkies are the same, fucking ugly
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
you can get crocs wellies as well you now
was going to get some for shifty junior because they are washable,(even on the inside) and all that but i doubt they are very warm so maybe i will in summer
was going to get some for shifty junior because they are washable,(even on the inside) and all that but i doubt they are very warm so maybe i will in summer
twisted_angel
If in doubt.. mumble.
I think they are hideous and i tried a friends on after she went on about how comfi they are and there not!..they were too wide so my foot was slipping around and they feel heavy.
mtbskalover
drive,ski,drive,ski
twisted_angel said:and they feel heavy.
they are so damn light!
ive had people so many people pick them up i the last month to be amazed at how light they actually are compared to how they look.
for me, i almost live in my crocs. so damn comfy! its silly!
they are practical for camping, pre and post bike rides, nipping round the shops, chilling in, summer days, any you've got smelly feet. all things i do alot.
i dont care how they look, or what people think, function before looks!
a girl i was working with recently asked why i was looking at the ford jouneo van, "you can get several bikes in, and still sit 3 people" " but it looks horrible" "so?" i said.
and the £30 cost, feck it, i'd pay £50 for them, the ammount of use they have seen
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
I wear mine with leg warmers. Shoot me.
But seriously, I can't wear normal shoes here, they get f*cked. But I've switched to wellies now it's autumn, the marsh is getting a bit squelchy underfoot.
But seriously, I can't wear normal shoes here, they get f*cked. But I've switched to wellies now it's autumn, the marsh is getting a bit squelchy underfoot.
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
D said:
I've got a pair of them with pink uppers. They are so comfy. I love me Birkies
mtbskalover
drive,ski,drive,ski
madzone said:Crocs? Heavy?
exactly my thoughts
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
maybe they were those fakey ones they sell in next and stuff - that are just normal jelly shoes in a crocs-alike shape.mtbskalover said:exactly my thoughts
anyway, I have red mary-jane style crocs and I love them, they weight hardly anything and are dead comfy (though not great in the rain, granted - they still grip the ground, by my feet slide around inside them).
I was worried they'd be sweaty, but they aren't at all.
What I would say, though, is that i think walking long distances in them contributed to me fucking my back up over the summer. Certainly, I get back pain much sooner in crocs than i do in my three-strap birkies.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Louloubelle said:
Not at the prices I see them sold for round here - £25-odd for the cheap clones in town today.
I've also noticed that quite a lot of the adults I see wearing them also display some sort of sign of foot/hip/movement problems.
Maybe the arch support helps there to some degree?
Otherwise, there are only few other types of footwear that actually make my flesh creep but Crocs are by far the worst - Even more than flip-flops & their ilk or other forms of rubber wear.
D
Well-Known Member
The arch support in Crocs is actually quite minimal (hence butterfly child's observation - indeed, they are not very good for pronators, under or over). Birkenstocks have a bigger arch, in my experience.
I actually wrote to Crocs ages ago before they became trendy, mass-produced, and knocked-off footwear, to suggest that they create a version with better arch support. Shockingly,
, that didn't happen.
***
Thirty quid! Holy heck! You should just order them off the Crocs website if you can and have 'em sent to you. Or wait until someone you know goes to the States. Mind you, with postage, it might end up being the same in the end; but you're paying twice as much as they cost in the US. But, you know, you're not really...because you've got pounds and blah blah. Dollar = poo.
I actually wrote to Crocs ages ago before they became trendy, mass-produced, and knocked-off footwear, to suggest that they create a version with better arch support. Shockingly,
, that didn't happen.***
Thirty quid! Holy heck! You should just order them off the Crocs website if you can and have 'em sent to you. Or wait until someone you know goes to the States. Mind you, with postage, it might end up being the same in the end; but you're paying twice as much as they cost in the US. But, you know, you're not really...because you've got pounds and blah blah. Dollar = poo.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i had a look at my boys crocs today and i think ive worked out why he falls over in the rain when he wears them, they have NO grip.
this will be because he only ever travels by wheels so must have worn them down on his scooter or on his bike (he likes to stop by sticking his foot on the wheel) so that would explain it, they are almost completely smooth i wonder if the materila makes them wear out more quickly
oh well
this will be because he only ever travels by wheels so must have worn them down on his scooter or on his bike (he likes to stop by sticking his foot on the wheel
) so that would explain it, they are almost completely smooth i wonder if the materila makes them wear out more quicklyoh well
butterfly child
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D said:
I found Birkies very bad. Soles that mould to my feet? Not a good idea, I need a lot of support under my arches... fucking agony. I actually think Crocs are better than Birkies, in this respect.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
You wouldn't find me dead in a ditch wearing crocs.
Well, not unless some bastard crammed 'em onto my cooling corpse just to laugh at me. They are an abomination.
Well, not unless some bastard crammed 'em onto my cooling corpse just to laugh at me. They are an abomination.
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
ChrisFilter said:They're just comfy, brightly coloured shoes. I don't see why people get so worked up about it.. who really gives a fuck?
EXACTLY. It's that whole "ooh, something's popular, I must hate it" thing. Welcome to Urban - snobby in its own very special way.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
I'd never heard of them before this!
They look like they'd be good for wading about the shallows in on holiday, so your feet don't get impaled on sea urchins
They look like they'd be good for wading about the shallows in on holiday, so your feet don't get impaled on sea urchins
