Why are Rocket Dog shoes so ugly?

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Is that their 'thing'? I've never seen a pair of their shoes that aren't hideously ugly.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I don't own any of their shoes but they seem quite nice to me. Probably for younger people.

Do you think? Younger? Really? They strike me as quite mumsy, the kind of thing someone in their late 30s/early 40s would wear because they think they look trendy.

Kinda like White Stuff, that kind of thing.

I like a lot of them. I have some neat little Rocketdog lace up pumps that I have worn to death, nothing ugly about them :) straightforward khaki and cream with pink accents.

I think they are very teenagery (if that is a word!), not mumsy. Never seen anyone over the age of about 20 wearing them.

Just looked at the Rocket Dog website - the shoes look great to me, nice and clumpy, like my body - I really don't suit dainty shoes. I'm 49, if that's relevant.

I concede lace up pumps would be hard to cock up peeriebear. But most of the others seem to have massive soles and just look really ugly and clunky.

Dexter - I've honestly never seen any teenagers in them - only middle aged women. Still think they are fugly!

x post thefarside! Yes, that's what I think is ugly about them, the clumpiness!

I've never seen middle aged women wearing them so maybe we live in very different places!

Hmmm...interesting...I DO live in Brighton, home of the desperately-trying-to-still-be-cool middle aged lady.

I have these in black and a converse type pair.

Tbh some of them are quite clumpy and ugly. I am 32

I once bought a lovely pair of clog-type sandals from them, which got compliments from my very fashion-conscious chums. Then the wooden soles split to pieces.

Aah! Maybe that's it! I live in a small market town near Oxford so not many people trying to be cool here!

I am now wondering whether I've met strawpoll in a local playground!

They have wide toes which is what I always need in a shoe. Pointy toes (like on converse, or court shoes!) look ugly on me because I have really big feet, so I end up looking like I'm wearing two canoes. But wide-toed shoes like rocket dogs and keens make my feet look smaller.

Depends on your taste doesn't it. btw I'm 41 so you're kind of right (though I'm not convinced I look trendy. I "have my own style" as some people have politely said).

speedy, queens park anyone?

It has been many years since I have been in a playground!

I used to have two pairs of rocket dogs which were the fugliest, clumpiest horrors. This was early 2000s when I was young! However I also had a gorgeous pair of ballet flats with embroidered chinese dragons on which were lush and very dainty. So they are not all fugly and clumpy.

I have a pair of rocket dog strappy sandals. Aldo copied them in the following season. They're very cute.

Ah, no, more like St Ann's Wells!

Am quite worried now that I may fit into your stereotype of late 30s mums who are trying to look trendy