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Original poster

To not understand the anti ugg brigade?

155 replies

Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 20:42

I got a pair from my mum last Christmas and I'm a ugg worshipper now, they're so ruddy comfy I could sleep in them!
I just don't get why they are hated on MN?!

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thefirstmrsDeVere · 10/09/2010 21:09

Its MNs shorthand for being common.

Nothing to do with shoes.

MrsvWoolf · 10/09/2010 21:10

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ethelina · 10/09/2010 21:10

I have RocketDogs. They are essentially the same thing. They were a lifesaver in the snowy weather (waterproof with fleecy lining). I hang them up between wearings using a clip hanger. They don't go sideways. 'Nuff said.

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Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 21:10

That's the best bit - socially acceptable outdor slippers! Mwahahahahahaha

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usualsuspect · 10/09/2010 21:11

Don't mention crocs Shock

cupcakesandbunting · 10/09/2010 21:11

Australians think that we are bonkers wearing Uggs as outdoor boots.

They make you look like you have waterlogged ankles or cankles and elephant feet. I can see the comfort appeal but my pyjamas are comfy and I wouldn't wear those outside!

TBH, I think it also depends on what they are worn with. I've seen indie looking girls wear them with flowery dresses and they look OK-ish. It's when they're worn with jeggings and spray-tan that looks like it's been applied by a pissed chimp (as documented in the bus thread Wink) that they look skanky.

usualsuspect · 10/09/2010 21:14

skanky such a lovely word [rolls eyes]

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Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 21:17

Oooh I've practically got skanky tattooed on my arse!
Well, except for the spray tans, gives me eczema sigh

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Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 21:20

Usual suspect- it is interesting how one can be completely covered up wearing flat shoes and still look skanky isn't it?

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usualsuspect · 10/09/2010 21:20

welcome to skanksnet Wink

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Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 21:23

.......cheers usual.....>

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cupcakesandbunting · 10/09/2010 21:23

No need to take it personally. Where I come from, skanky just means a bit cheap-looking. Fake Ugg boots are cheap-looking. Surely there's no skirting around that?

TonariNoTotoro · 10/09/2010 21:25

It's because they're shit. The knit ones are even worse [shudder]

they're fucking SLIPPERS

MadAboutQuavers · 10/09/2010 21:26

weepootle - it's got bugger all to do with whether they're real or not.

Quite simply, they look shit.

They are, as has been pointed out, worn by teenagers with over-straightened hair, Heat magazine readers, Big Brother fanatics, and people who can't be arsed changing out of their slippers when they leave the house.

They've become part of the new chav uniform and should be worn by old ladies in their bedrooms and eskimos only.

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Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 21:26

And ballet pumps are for five year olds

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TonariNoTotoro · 10/09/2010 21:30

Proper ballet style flats are fine for adults. Actual ballet pumps are the most comfortable thing ever... (I have child sized feet, so can get them cheap hurrah!!)

Rocklover · 10/09/2010 21:31

YABU, they belong in the same part of hell as crocs. They look crap, and too many people wear them. What happened to individuality?

cupcakesandbunting · 10/09/2010 21:32

Quavers, you have hit the nail right on the head, m'dear.

Now come inside my flameproof tent and have a nice cup of brandy.

whatkatydidathome · 10/09/2010 21:32

Nothing wrong with Uggs - they are an excellent markettign case study (the history of how the company promoted them and got them to become the latest must have item in the states is fascinating) - it is the people conned into paying so much for a pair of slippers that are the problem :)
However if it makes them happy ...
Those glass beeds are similar.

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Mniemmniem · 10/09/2010 21:32

But surely they're for dancing in?
Just like uggs are really slippers.

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whatkatydidathome · 10/09/2010 21:32

oops - didn't spell check that Blush

sungirltan · 10/09/2010 21:36

wait. converse are cooler than uggs?

converse? how very...american!

god how bloody 'oooh look i'm so understated and cool and like chillaxed except actually i'm extremely pretentious and snobby'

excuse me while i retch

i have baby blue uggs and they lasted 4 yeras wind, rain whatever i sued to put them in the washing machine and everything. i might get some new ones. i might not

Clary · 10/09/2010 21:38

I think they look ugly and not like real shoes.

I don't wear my slippers to the shops. Cause they'd get all soggy. Shoes need proper soles. All the Uggs I've ever seen people wearing are all down-at-heel and can't be waterproof surely, or supportive at all.

And I think they are ugly anyway.

It's like wearing a pair of high heeled strappy sandals to do the school run. Not appropriate or supportive or waterproof.

BTW I wear neither Converse (plimsolls? I think not!) nor Fly boots (don't know what they are).

cupcakesandbunting · 10/09/2010 21:42

I've worn Converse since I was 15 :( DS and DH also wear them, so I expect that we're all twunts Grin

I'd like to add thinly-plucked eyebrows to Quaver's criteria for being an Ugg wearer.

MadAboutQuavers · 10/09/2010 21:44
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