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To think that Ugg boots are hidiously overpriced?

78 replies

poshsinglemum · 12/02/2010 19:57

I do like Ugg boots. They look so warm and cosy and I like the fact that they are made of real sheepskin instead of fake stuff but £199! Really?

Are they worth it? Whenever I see someone wear them I think you spent £199 on a pair of boots not wow- you look lovely and cosy too. So ugg wearers- are they worth the money?

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HellBent · 12/02/2010 20:59

I don't really like them and don't have a pair myself, Dsis has a pair and says they are worth the money

AnyFucker · 12/02/2010 21:02

Why wear summat that makes you look like you have club feet ?

Silly

BarbaMamma · 12/02/2010 22:22

Another option

underactivethyroidmum · 12/02/2010 22:22

I disagree - I live 'oop north' and without my Uggs my toes would have long ago fallen off from the cold, damp crappy weather I have to endure - they're like little radiators for my feet

Heathcliffscathy · 12/02/2010 22:26

wellll...got mine in the states a couple of years ago, so much cheaper. have worn them every non hot day since, have washed them in washing machine 4 times and they come up as good as new. just waterproof sprayed them so they should be even better now. i'd say for the amount of wear i've had out of them they have been exceptional value!

AnyFucker · 12/02/2010 22:28

perhaps you should get your thyroid sorted out before wearing dead sheep on the ends of your legs ???

expatinscotland · 12/02/2010 22:29

My two daughters have them, purchased by my rather wealthy American sister as she found them 'cute'. They're pink.

They love those fugly things and I've washed them twice, too, and sprayed them with that Kiwi waterproofing stuff and they have come out very well.

herbietea · 12/02/2010 22:48

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SpeedyGonzalez · 12/02/2010 22:51

So glad to see there are many of us Ugg haters! Agree with SayHitIsntSo (ooh, Nat King Cole fan, areya? ) about the name - I'm sure it must be ironic, I always think of Aussies as having a great, dry sense of humour. So maybe the price tag is a part of that irony too - what a coup! Genius!

expatinscotland · 12/02/2010 23:03

I think they're like Croc wellies - nice on little girls or teens/young women.

TiggyR · 13/02/2010 14:46

Never mind whether they are hideously overpriced, they hideously funny, is what they are. The worst trick ever played on gullible fashionistas who'll do anything to keep up with the game. They don't even function properly as a boot FFS.

taffetacat · 13/02/2010 15:00

Yes, Ugg are ugh. Apart from their general horridness, you can see how unevenly people walk in them, they bend and skew.

I always thought I was turning into my mother noticing this and would soon be saying to people without coats "eee you'll catch your death".

Glad its not just me.

herbietea · 13/02/2010 15:04

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TiggyR · 13/02/2010 15:16

But why go out in something that looks like your grannies heated sheepskin uni-boot? Don't you get the joke?

MrsC2010 · 13/02/2010 15:18

I agree with Herbie, and I'm certainly not a 'gullible fashionista', far from it. (Then again, I don't wear mine out and about as 'fashion', if you see what I mean.)

underactivethyroidmum · 13/02/2010 15:18

AF - my thyroid is perfectly fine thank you just malfunctionng slightly - although my hips are f*ed thanks to this bloody SPD lark

UnquietDad · 13/02/2010 15:25

They are hideous.

When I see them I think

"That's not a boot. This is a boot !"

Maize · 13/02/2010 15:44

I love my Uggs. The sheepskin lining really is very warm and comfy.

Don't care what other people think!

AnyFucker · 13/02/2010 16:02

aww, UATM

agedknees · 13/02/2010 16:04

I bought a pair of Uggs in Australia 17 years ago. They cost me $15 (Aus). Strictly for indoor/collecting post, putting bins out use only.

Agree, bogans (sp) only used to wear them outside in Aus.

The Aussies must be laughing their heads off at us paying so much for a pair of Uggs.

MaisietheMorningsideCat · 13/02/2010 16:31

Not hideously overpriced, just hideous.

I've just been seeing my mum off at the station, and saw an Ugg cliche. Young girl, very orange, skinny jeans sitting down at her pubic bone, with a Body (you'll remember Bodies if you're over 35!) that was cut higher at the sides than her jeans, and the ubiquitous Uggs. Mmmmm, a good look - not.

SpeedyGonzalez · 16/02/2010 20:55

Maisie - for some reason I read 'Body' as 'Bow-dee' and was thinking 'Huh?' I'm over 35 and I don't remember 'Bow-dees'!

Am very tired tonight.

But that outfit sounds very stylish indeed.

SweetGrapes · 16/02/2010 21:12

I thought I had a crap dress sense because every-time I see someone out in them, I think 'what? They look like jumped up slippers'
And that's exactly what they are!! Thank You
My dress sense is not as crap as I feared (at least in this regard )

mnistooaddictive · 16/02/2010 21:25

And what the helll are those knitted ones. I saw someone wearing them and thought they must be £5 in priceless shoes. I now find out they are £100. Knitted shoes are for people who are too old to go outside or actually walk.

venusonarockbun · 16/02/2010 21:25

They are so not worth it and the company who make them must be laughing themselves silly all the way to the bank at all the daft people who are willing to pay the price for them. They are being fleeced!