Dryrobes look ridiculous - AIBU?

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We are at a caravan park for half term. It’s a great place, great complex etc. but the amount of people in the complex at bowling etc wearing DryRobes and Crocs is blowing my mind 😂 why would you have such a heavy duty waterproof coat and then summer shoes with holes 😂 people’s desire to wear “trendy” over practical is honestly so funny

AIBU?

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I have both and I love them they are soooo practical

I've recently seen this trend rocked in Tesco and we're over 100 miles away from the coast. It looks gross as well as silly.

I have the Regatta one too. It’s great and was worth the money, but isn’t quite warm enough for me. Not warm enough for a Scottish winter anyway.

People who slag them off never have!

I love mine. Is it stylish? No, but it’s bloody warm, dry and comfortable when I’m out walking dogs all day in the wind and rain 😉

Dry robes and crocs are not trendy. Actual style trends don’t tend to be followed by middle aged mums I’m afraid. Crocs were a thing with Gen Z’s about 4 years ago but I haven’t seen them around for a while. They 100% do not wear dry robes, only 40 something mums wear those.

I’m an academic so I pick up on actual trends a lot. Dad trainers have been in for ages, you know the old school new balances. As have gazelles/sambas. Coat wise tends to either be North Face or sometimes a trench coat. But yeah, dry robes are only ok if you’re over 40.

When you say caravan park do you mean a touring site or statics?

I use touring sites and wear crocs and a dry robe when going to and from the shower block, so I am not trying to get dressed in a confined wet space and getting my PJs and day clothes wet in the process. It's easy to have a pair of crocs by the back door of the campervan if you need to pop to the facilities block or to the bins/water tap etc as well.

Lots of people use crocs around campsites.

But not for things like bowling though!

But yeah, dry robes are only ok if you’re over 40.

What a bizarre thing to say 🤣

So are "trends" only worn by people who passed enough exams to go to uni and are there right now?

I bought a cheaper alternative at the same time as I got a puppy in the autumn. Not flattering in the slightest, but comfy, warm and dry for all the soggy dog walks I now do. Another advantage is the big pockets for all the dog walking essentials.
Crocs I also have, but only really use them for the garden at the moment.

I don't own one but I can see the appeal for dog walking/standing on the sidelines of a football pitch. They are oversized so you can layer up, come really far down so keep your legs warm and they are waterproof with a hood.

I don't understand the hate for them at all, they may have been designed for getting changed under but if they serve a purpose for a different activity then why would you not wear it?

I think YABU. I don’t own one. I don’t have any dungarees either, both are so not me. But why concern yourself about something that someone is doing when it has no impact on you?

“I’m an academic so I pick up on trends”

oh my god have a day off hahahaha

I was assuming she meant she works with university students - known to be trend-setters, or at least followers of the latest trends.

Round this way there are two types of dry robe wearing tribes. The middle aged dog walkers out in all weather (well, mainly rain so far this year) keeping warm. And the twenty somethings wandering round the supermarket pairing them with sliders and clutching Stanley cups, the girls usually with a full face of make up who look like they'd faint at the thought of cold water swimming. So I would say there is certainly a trend for them in a certain demographic.

Unless you are with teens and students who actually do outdoor sports - I can see a lot more kids wearing a dry robe than their parents.

They weirdly go back to wearing no jacket and no jumper on a normal school/ Uni day 😂

YANBU- they do look ridiculous.
I love my Dryrobe though. I’ve reached the age at which looking ridiculous doesn’t bother me at all.

My Gen Z kids and their friends wear Crocs all the time! I agree that you don’t see many Dryrobes on that age group though.

Why do you think dry robes look "ridiculous"? They are everywhere, you'd think people are used to see them by now. They are the warmest, most practical, completely waterproof item most people have, how are they more ridiculous than a ski jacket in Tesco

I have worn my fake DryRobe with Crocs on a windy beach day on a UK island. Wouldn’t really wear the two together otherwise. I only got one as my job involves a lot of walking outdoors and I couldn’t find a suitable waterproof, warm coat. Could do with a similar version that’s not quite so toasty for the warmer, wet weather days.

Do people really care so much about what people wear? As long as whatever it is, is clean and paid for, I don't get the passionate denunciations of this or that garment.
Is it a weird kind of reverse snobbery because Dryrobes are seen to be used by a certain demographic and are more expensive than some other brands?
Do people express hate for the other cheaper versions?

I am content to be warm and dry in all weathers, whether I am swimming, walking dogs or at a cold rainy festival and don't care about all this fuss.

Theres a woman on youtube, French, who says that in France its disrespectful to other people to dress badly and wear ugly things!! She goes on about Crocs and leggings!!!

You do realise that some would judge you for holidaying at a caravan park?!

What about those of us who are just born ugly? Should we stay inside during daylight hours for fear of offending judgemental twats with time on their hands?

I wish I didn't care about what other people think. Instead I read threads like these and think, oh dear judgement really is everywhere. I look stupid in everything I wear. Perhaps I should switch to sackcloth and ashes as penance for my aesthetic shortcomings?