…no not THAT kind…the shoes.
Generally I’m ok with knock-offs…I have to draw the line at impression “crocs”…these plasticky (not a real word, but still sounds awesome) things that vaguely resemble shoes have hit store shelves everywhere. In obnoxious numbers AND colors.
They have them for infants, kids, women, men, nobody is left out. Just when you think it can’t get any better…they have them lined with t-shirt material, fuzzy material, they have them with straps, without straps, and even some with “gems”…yes, gems…on plastic. They have them in swirl patters, earth tones and everything in between.
Once seen on gardeners, outdoorsy people and nurses, exclusively, – now everyone is wearing them. Anyone from the 500 lb lady at the supermarket (in bright green of course) down to the wee one who can’t even walk yet (in pastel pink with fuzzy poodles on them)…they are everywhere!
My complaint is this – the knock-offs are made of a far inferior type of rubber/plastic material. Sure you can pick up a pair as cheap as $3-$15 but you get what you pay for. REAL Crocs cost $25-$55. Yeah, it’s still a rubberized shoe, but it holds up much better and doesn’t have that shiny fake plastic sheen to it that the knock-offs do.
We have bought several knock-offs of the Crocs for ourselves and for our kids and one thing I noticed immediately is that they quickly caused blisters and any minor scuff to them caused the rubber/plastic to ball up and peel off. Within a couple wearings they are all scuffed up, falling apart, and they stain very easily with dirt from playing, etc.
So if you MUST wear rubber shoes…let them be the real thing.
I vote no Crocs…fake or otherwise!