to think a whole family in crocs are just.. oh god <insert adjective>

[BadgersArse]

apart form the wise teenage girl who had broken free

That convinces me. The very top croc consumer is a middle aged woman that goes on caravan holidays and wears those hideous fleeces with cats/dogs/horses on... weird... Probably why they've gone bust - those kind of women buy their clothes on QVC and prob buy crocs only when massively reduced...

technically no we aren't allowed but it they are the professional ones with no holes and raised bit to cover heel so they should be allowed.
No one has noticed them yet. I did used to wear the holey ones and got told off.

Spot on, ggl! That was the effect.
(I genuinely ought to get out more!)

On my caravan holiday starting Saturday I will be wearing my crocs as will dd.

I shop at QVC too but draw the line at fleeces - can't bear them.

And it's my birthday while away so I'm feckin' middle aged too.

I LOVE the idea of wearing jelly beans on my feet, I am going to go out right now i think and buy some crocs.

ha ha ha!

DS has his Primark #2 mock-Crocs on for now. He turns 3 in Oct, then they shall be binned forever - to be replaced by hard, unforgiving, Germanic, gait-and-posture-improving Birkenstocks.
For ever.

Okay - i hope i'm not giving myself away here but i went to wedding recently where the three little bridesmaids (10 and under) were pretty in pink and wearing pink.......

no, i can't say it - it's still too painful.

i mean, why would you????

Lol at pink crocs for bridesmaids.

Did the bride have them on as well?

I went to a wedding once where the bridhe had a pair of fuck off knee high DMs under her meringue (I thought that was pretty cool, though).

I had black/red/gold cowboy boots on under my meringue...

I threatened to take Crocs with me to put on in the evening when I was a bridesmaid recently. Vanity won over though and I danced till my feet bled in my high heels.

Crocs should come with a warning.

These shoes can permanently damage your ability to wear high heels.

Dd ended up in crocs when she was a bridesmaid after she had jumped in a muddy puddle and completely stained her lovely white satin ballet flats completely brown [sob]

Why are they so bad? Are they sweaty? They look really comfy. I always look like a twat in flop-flips in the sea trying to catch the flop that has eacaped then look enviously at anyone with clogs on.

I don't find them sweaty but then I only wear them to potter around the house in.
I did once wear them on a dog walk in mildly inclement weather and fell over twice as the combination of wet tarmac and crocs made for an ice rink!
But they do look hideous. For some reason which completely escapes me I bought turquoise ones. What was I thinking?

I love them .
In fact, I even find myself being a croc snob. If I see people in a pair of mocks I find myself judging.

where did you see this family? was it in Brighton?!

Yes, they are hideous: I'll give you croc-haters that. But I don't find them in the least sweaty and they are the most comfortable footwear ever. Tell me what I could wear that is as (or more) comfortable, please.

PS I got khaki ones, which are the same colour as pavements ergo less offensive to innocent bystanders.

East Brighton, I'd have thought if it was the City By The Sea.

yeah but you know, some people like those hideous leather handbag things with about 400 buckles. A la Thatcher. There are endless threads in style about merits of different equally vile handbags.

For serious tack effect, there can be different coloured leather involved, or perhaps a scottie dog.

I think the lack of taste displayed by crocs wearers pales into insignificance compared to such style faux pas.

only the ones with holes are ugly

I don't know why people wear them. The colours of their crocs nearly always clashes with the colour of their clothes. I mean bright pink shoes are never going to look good with anything are they?

Crocs are just SO comfortable and I thought they were actually quite good for foot health ,keep plenty of air circulating round your feet.

We have crocs for when we go swimming or paddling in the river as the river bed's very stony - is that acceptable? We walk very quietly in them across the fields - they are virtually hidden by the long grass. Is that OK? We don't wear them anywhere where we might actually be seen. Ho no. Perish the thought that we might be spotted.

Whoops - was this us by any chance - I have 3 pairs of crocs and wear them outside all the time - they are fecking ugly but so very comfortable - DD and DS have them too. They are so handy and practical on the beach and if they get dirty or need freshening up you just stick 'em in the washer. DH will not buy any though, despite said practicalities . Never had trippage or any other such disaster.

OMG I quite like those ginger crocs on the link posted by paranoidmother