HELP! I’m wearing crocs
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Remember those rubber shoes you used to wear in the garden and around the pool? You know, the ones that are in your shoe basket that you shove on when you put the bins out? Yeah well, they’re back…only fashionable this time.
But before you say anything…I have a confession:
I actually really like them
Think how practical they are! Doubling up as slippers AND sandals! If you get them dirty simply throw them in the washing machine, or stand in the rain…
My Instagram feed is full of influencers pulling them off in all different colours. I’ve seen a surplus of Facebook debates and advert after advert enticing me.
I can’t escape.
But there’s only one thing holding me back from splashing the cash, other than the £40–55 price mark: FEAR.
“Fear of what?”, people will say. Will I be shunned from society? Sniggered at in the streets? Or will I be looked upon as an innovative fashionista who pushes the boundaries of uncool.
I needed to investigate before I made the potential fashion faux-pas.
My first port of call? My mother.
I can always count on her to give me the honest truth and therefore, BRUTALLY slate my outfits.
But I’m not sure on her response, is this sarcasm? A subtle dig? Does she actually think I’m going to borrow her 12-year-old crocs?
Here they are for reference:
Oh yes! I can’t wait to slide my bare feet into these dust collecting clogs, caked with mud on the inside, and sharp thorns poking through the rubber from their only use: gardening.
What she doesn’t understand is that Crocs have a new target audience.
Once a frumpy shoe pitched to the world, now a new sleek urban wedge pitched to the very few members of society who see them for what they are: lightyears ahead of their time.
Mark my words, these will be in Vogue SPR/SUM2023 edition.
But what shocked me most was this comment. EIGHT POUNDS?! You could get a tub of ice-cream for that price in Waitrose! I’m kicking myself for not buying a pair 10 years ago, ready for this very moment now they are the hot new trend.
Next, I turned to my friends, thinking I’d be met with rousing support and excitement, I couldn’t be more wrong…
“Oh my god please don’t, I won’t be seen with you”
“Emily NO they are disgusting”
Cheers guys :)
Then again, they probably couldn’t pull them off like I will.
I needed something drastic, I needed more opinions and not just from my small-minded friends. I put crocs to the ultimate test: Instagram polls.
And what I’m about to show you, is shocking…
A LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR THE CROCS!
Well, not quite a landslide win but still, a success! I knew my followers had taste.
The marmite shoe has taken the fashion world by storm and sorry if this offends anyone, but I’ve just ordered a pair!
Next, I face the hardest decision of all: which charms do I buy? Perhaps I’ll turn to my Instagram followers again, they clearly know fashion when they see it.
What do you think? Would you rather wear bin bags on your feet, or will you join me and trot past the haters in style?
Order a pair here!
