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To think this new fashion looks stupid

222 replies

Sophisticatedsarcasm · 03/07/2018 10:10

Sliders and socks, I just can’t stand it, I think it looks bloody stupid and defeats the object of sliders. All my sisters friends do it, all the local kids wear it. It’s just one of them things that pisses me off in an instant. If I wore this when I was at school I would have got severely mocked.
Any other popular fashion you don’t like?

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IncyWincyGrownUp · 03/07/2018 10:12

Flip flops. Sliders is a tv show.

wink1970 · 03/07/2018 10:12

Those fluffy shoes/sliders that look like slippers.
Slug eyebrows (nothing new there though)

Sophisticatedsarcasm · 03/07/2018 10:17

@incywincygrownup no they are sliders, I work in a shop and they are called sliders.

To think this new fashion looks stupid
To think this new fashion looks stupid
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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 03/07/2018 10:17

Sliders are burgers no?

jumblefun · 03/07/2018 10:19

Slider is an icecream between two wafers.

But yes, DDs wear sliders and socks and it looks daft. But we are old and they are fashionable and olds always think new fashion looks daft.

Plural · 03/07/2018 10:21

I agreee. I think it looks weird.

BUT and a big but. I do it because I hate my feet getting dirty. I also love my furry ones. However I only do both of those heinous fashion crimes at home.

Chocolatelavender · 03/07/2018 10:21

I agree sliders and socks is not a good look.

MissionItsPossible · 03/07/2018 10:22

Sliders and flip flops are two different things incy.

And yes, I think it looks stupid too. It used to be considered geeky and old man-ish

ElenOfTheWays · 03/07/2018 10:22

Yabu. Don't you know socks and sandals sliders are a great British tradition. Grin

Larasshadow · 03/07/2018 10:22

I don't get the fluffy slipper things.

jarhead123 · 03/07/2018 10:22

IncyWincy - no OP is right. It's sliders

Myheartbelongsto · 03/07/2018 10:23

The fluffy ones look ridiculous.

mostdays · 03/07/2018 10:23

What would be the point of young fashion that grownups didn't think looked stupid?

Toodamnhot · 03/07/2018 10:23

I haven’t seen this fashion around here but it sounds comfortable Smile.

Chocolatelavender · 03/07/2018 10:24

IncyWincyGrownUp I call them flip flops too.

IncyWincyGrownUp · 03/07/2018 10:26

Give it all the fancy bollocks names you like, it’s still a flip flop Grin

I used to work in ‘fashion’ too. You should be more aware than anybody else that the way to sell shit to gullible people is to give it a fancy new name. Gillet —bodywarmer— anyone?

jumblefun · 03/07/2018 10:26

I have a confession.

I wear crocs and socks. Out to the bin, in the garden and sometimes to the local shop.

Superbirdtrooperbird · 03/07/2018 10:27

My DC didn't talk to me for a whole morning because I wore sparkly sliders on the school run once 😂 not with socks though.
I agree, they look daft with socks but I do it when I'm taking the bins out..... It's pretty damn comfy

JE17 · 03/07/2018 10:28

Flip flops are called sliders now? I've never heard them called that before.
The only person I've seen wearing socks with flip flops is my DGM. She'll be delighted to hear that she's on trend this summer.

loobylou10 · 03/07/2018 10:31

No. flip flops are called flip flops and sliders are called sliders. Two different things.

Brunsdon1 · 03/07/2018 10:31

Flip flops and sliders are different things

Flip flops have a toe pole and sliders don't

But I agree OP ...look odd...but I am getting old and I have no doubt the ridiculous platform plimsolls I wore in the nineties got the same reaction for adults Grin

Racecardriver · 03/07/2018 10:32

0this is a thing now? First it was wearing tracksuits not in the gym, then it was 'pyjamas' outside no they're basically wearing house skippers with socks. What next? Face mask make up? Eye masks as headbands. Fussy dressing gowns for winter coats?

wanderings · 03/07/2018 10:32

I think it looks awful too, sliders with socks. But for my sins I often wear trainers without socks, in summer and winter, so shoot me!

StruggsToFunc · 03/07/2018 10:33

Flip flops have a toe post, making socks impossible unless you have some of those Japanese ones with separated toes. OP is correct about sliders.

balls2DWall · 03/07/2018 10:37

blame the celebs. seen justin bieber rhianna and kim kardashian all do the same. socks and sliders!!