Flip-flop etiquette

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Where do you feel it is acceptable to wear flip flops? Are they proper shoes or slippers?

DH made this face [buhmm] at me when I decided to weary flip flops to the supermarket the other day (it was sunny, I was wearing a skirt and light jacket). He said I might as well have gone in my PJs.

No you're right of course Glendragon...she got that within an hour of putting them on which is awful isn't it?

The very flat, leather soled and leather strap type flip flops are quaite chic, I always thought. (has to be black leather straps on a natural coloured leather base/sole, though.)

Chic yes, but murder on the feet. You need a bit of cushioning, love; you need Fit flops. [old gimmer gazes wistfully at Hotter shoes catalogue]

It seems that woman (and others) had a reaction to the actual material that the "strap" part of the flip flops was made from.
www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/flipflop.asp

Yes Poppa (feel v odd calling you that...like Mary in Little House on the Prairie) it's awful! I can imagine anyone with sensitive skin might react...I get a similar thing from those fabric eastoplast.

Other than try Puma ones, I can't actually wear flip flops because the thong bit chafes but having read this thread I get why DH was .