24 Responses to “Dooce and the Mr.’s Clog Wars”

Lilly Says:
June 26th, 2006 at 12:32 pm

I see little kids wearing this pieces of **** “footwear/shoes” to the movies in full hoochie dress. WT*?! I don’t get the appeal of them as fashion. As a gardener, barely. As a consumer, I’m offended. YUCK!

Designer Ella Says:
June 26th, 2006 at 12:50 pm

Thanks, Lilly.

Can you hold back from using any naughty language in the future on our blogs? Thank you so much.

Lilly Says:
June 26th, 2006 at 4:02 pm

Oops. Sure. Sorry, was in a salty mood earlier. Guess some of it spilled out over here. (But, between you and me and our monitors, footwear that fugly should be illegal.)

Designer Ella Says:
June 26th, 2006 at 6:10 pm

He he.

Shopaholic D Says:
June 26th, 2006 at 8:07 pm

Thank you! I first saw these in Dick’s sporting goods and wrote them off as some sort of outdoor show. then, a few weeks ago, one of my co-workers wore some to work. he is often working w/ one of our only outdoor clients and has to do work in dirt, etc., so i figured he was wearing the shoes for that (we’re an IT company, so the whole outdoor thing is really random - i’m not meant for outside work…hehe). so, i asked what his shoes were all about and he got all mad at me! I should have been mad at him for wearing those to work (or maybe just for wearing them in public)! i was like….did i miss something? i see these ugly things everywhere….they’re so yucky…blech!

Designer Ella Says:
June 27th, 2006 at 12:02 pm

Work?! Oh.. well …

I’m totally not meant for physical work.

Lilly Says:
June 27th, 2006 at 7:59 pm

Now that I think about it, I saw this one teacher at the college who wore them all day, every day in the last two months of the semester before the break. To her workplace! As a teacher! All day, every day!

This has got to stop, people. Won’t somebody please think about the children?!

Designer Ella Says:
June 28th, 2006 at 12:43 am

That’s terrible. Teachers should dress with class. Oh! Accidental pun!

Children wear them, too. Oh, I shouldn’t speak so light.

I really only see them in Florida, mostly Disney World. I understand comfort (in Disney World), but am baffled by the appeal.

Lilly Says:
June 28th, 2006 at 11:54 am

I would think with all that heavy rubber that your feet would cook in them walking around the Disney compound all day.

As for the teachers, a lot of them who have tenure dress like the homeless, preferring to squirell their $80K/ann. salary away so they can retire in luxury. And they all wait for their retirement pensions from their tenure jobs to kick in before finding a part-time job for the same salary range at another college. Can you believe these paupers?

PUNKY Says:
June 28th, 2006 at 5:28 pm

My friend was just asking me today were he could buy crocs….i told him they dont sell them in our state

Ange Says:
June 29th, 2006 at 11:19 pm

I love those shoes!!

*swoons*

Lilly Says:
July 4th, 2006 at 9:33 am

Ange, if you’re serious, you can pick them up at any Pay Less store. I saw them there in rainbow (!!!) colours yesterday.

HEATH Says:
July 4th, 2006 at 7:12 pm

Run, hide, fight but Crocs are in and have SUSTAINABILITY because a large portion of their appeal is their comfort-value.

They have the perfect makings of a classic:

Innovation
Popularity
and Critics

Keep watching, they’ll only get more widespread…

HEATH

Canice Murphy Says:
July 6th, 2006 at 5:52 pm

I am a dude and I wear crocs and I look great in them!! and I am straight too

And they are comfortable and the only shoes to fly in and any place that has hills like San Francisco where I live flip flops are impossible because of the terrain.

I rock crocs!

Designer Ella Says:
July 8th, 2006 at 12:34 pm

Lilly, were they striped rainbow, or the usual rainbow selection?

Canice, of course you’re a straight “dude” if you wear Crocs. *chuckle* (Also, try mandals?)

*edit* Oh and Lilly, I don’t think Crocs are rubber, they’re said to be made of resin, but I don’t know exactly what that is for footwear, although I know they’re made to work in all temperatures.

Lilly Says:
July 8th, 2006 at 7:05 pm

Uhhh… yes? I didn’t really look at them closely, to be honest. I saw them, almost barfed, then fled that part of the store. Sorry. And resin is a rubber property if memory serves me correctly. It comes in a liquid form you can pour out and it hardens as it dries. And after it dries it still has a bit of a springy property to them. Not much. But, I can see it having enough to give shock absorbtion to the Crocs as people walk, and therefore the claim that they are comfy holds water.

Paws in Shoes Says:
July 8th, 2006 at 7:58 pm

Confused Dog Tries on ALL the Shoes

This is Dooce and Blurb’s doggie, Chuck. Heather and Jon are waging a shoe war, and they’ve brought the dog in on it.

Lilly Says:
July 9th, 2006 at 7:26 pm

So, I was right about the material the Crocs clogs are made from. I’m reading this article right now in one edition of MacLeans magazine (from Canada), and it states that a huge war is being waged by Crocs against other makers of the foam-type resin clogs. They are currently “suing 11 othe companies who are making - you guessed it- colourful, non-slip clogs from a foam-type resin.” The dispute is about defining patent rights, which Croc acquired, or so they claim, through their purchase of the origninal manufacter of this clog from Montreal in 2004. The strap and the “unique material” (called Croslite) are at the heart of the matter, Crocs, Inc. claim, but they are chosing to sue only the top 11 sellers of the knock-off brands, not all of them out there. Interesting. Not only are Crocs looking like the Wal-Mart of the clog set, but Dooce has a small manufacturing company in Canada to thank blame for infection of this fugly shoe in her husband’s shoe closet. Nice.

Style Editor Says:
July 9th, 2006 at 8:02 pm

Good lord! What the hell are these and why are they EVERYWHERE?!?!?

Designer Ella Says:
July 9th, 2006 at 10:30 pm

I read they’re similar to rubber and I also read about the “knockoffs.” To think! Shame.

Kiss Me Stace * shopping & fashion blog! Says:
July 10th, 2006 at 1:37 pm

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Geoffrey Says:
July 11th, 2006 at 12:36 pm

I have a slightly different slant as to the social implications of Crocs as I get to see the trend from the other foot (so to speak) as a footwear buyer. My distaste (and this relates less in terms of fashion than it does in terms of human nature) can be found here:

Geoffrey’s Periodic Inanities

Karen Says:
August 26th, 2006 at 8:43 am

this is the definition of insanity: wearing the ugliest shoes you can find in public. your house shoes are comfortable too, but would you even DREAM of going to work, the store or the movies in them? well, i have to admit, i’ve seen some people dreaming up that alley, but really croc wearers. Do you have to offend EVERYONE just to be comfortable? this and spiked hair. i can’t wait til the trend is dead.

Designer Ella Says:
August 29th, 2006 at 6:30 pm

This first comment of mine is about an older comment that I have a new thought about…. Heath, to be classic something must have a classy, sophisticated look. Right??? Timeless. Someday, these will be a retro bit of memorabilia, but not still worn (in their current form) or respected.

Yeah, Karen, just buy some nice Easy Spirit sandals. They have some cute styles and they’re even good for injured feet or ankles (I have ankle trouble now :-(). Please people, look harder. Comfortableness as a crutch = LAZY.