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Are there such things as slippers that are stylish AND comfortable?

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 20:59

I've got a pair of slippers that I wear all the time at home (so make that 95% of my life then ) which are really comfortable but so old grannyish that I am embarrassed to look at my feet

Since I spend so much time in my slippers I would really like my next pair to be attractive to the eye! But do they really exist?

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:14

Well this one really lit everyone's fire didn't it ...

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MaloryTowersHasManners · 07/08/2007 21:14

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moondog · 07/08/2007 21:14

Why not just get a pair of nice flip flops and where them only at home?

motherinferior · 07/08/2007 21:15

Not really madly, speaking as a fellow slipper wearer, but I do have a sparkly impractical pair (given by a friend) and am thinking of upgrading my Celtic Sheepskin ones for rather more frivolous pink CS ones.

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motherinferior · 07/08/2007 21:16

Flip flops do not keep the feet warm. Not mine, anyway. I need warmth. Masses of it.

moondog · 07/08/2007 21:17

Socks then?
I have a pair of Crocs for the house that I dare not venture out in.

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:20

I wear socks all the time. I live in the Far North, you know

Socks on their own are too cold - plus the floor of my utility room is often damp so I would get soggy socks (yeuch)

MI - in the back of my mind I had imagined something sort of sparkly and India Knight-ish (not that I know what she wears, just that she looks like the sort of person who would lounge around at home in sparkly/sequinned slippers)

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Pruners · 07/08/2007 21:20

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JackieNo · 07/08/2007 21:22

Afraid I've got something like these, so am not in a position to advise.

moondog · 07/08/2007 21:22

Groovy Pruni!
Are those her legs or yours?

moondog · 07/08/2007 21:22

at Jackie

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:24

Jackie they are better than mine - mine are bottle green velour (my mother bought them)

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moondog · 07/08/2007 21:24

You're not......thinking about something like this are you?

If so,put us all out of our pain and do yerself in asap.

Pruners · 07/08/2007 21:24

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:24

Quite like those Pruners, but I think my feet would get too hot in them (fussy, aren't I?)

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JackieNo · 07/08/2007 21:25

Plumo have these, which are quite stylish, but not warm. Or how about silver clogs?

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:27

I can honestly say moondog, hand on heart, that I would never wear a pair like that ever again ...

(see I have developed some sense of style over the years ...)

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moondog · 07/08/2007 21:28

Phew!!

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:32

Haha! Love the clogs but I think I would drive myself mad clunking about in those (plus ds1 runs about in bare feet all day - oooh, those little toes ...)

LOVE the ones in the first link though - I guess they might wear out quickly though

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moondog · 07/08/2007 21:34

i used to wear clogs in the house.Made a right bloody racket though.

Mindles · 07/08/2007 21:35

I have these (third down on the left, zebra stripes) from Next, and they are a bargain!

JackieNo · 07/08/2007 21:37

Or Boden

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Miaou · 07/08/2007 21:40

ooh I'm not classy enough for boden

these are quite nice but why do they make the soles so flimsy?? They're just for show!

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JackieNo · 07/08/2007 21:41

MI's suggestion of Celtic Sheepskin ones might work? Certainly warm. They have various styles.