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Rant: Die, Uggs, die

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Uggs have always been a must-have item for Miley Cyrus loving teens or John Mayer obsessed college students. But I’m increasingly noticing the boots on adults as well. I’m seeing them on career girls who wear the comfy shoes as an end-of-day commute replacement for the heels they wore in the office all day. And on semi-fashion conscious wealthy women who mix the down-market kicks with up-market designer labels such as Stephen Sprouse for Louis Vuitton or Chanel. And late twentysomething women who wear them with painfully short denim mini skirts and Abercrombie & Fitch knit hoodies in an attempt to hold on to their last days of “youth.” 

A friend recently pointed out how many women shuffle their feet when they wear Uggs, sliding along the pavement and making that I’m-too-lazy-to-walk-properly noise. And she has a point. I got stuck walking behind one such slow-moving woman on my way to the office. I was not happy. And so, I’m writing this post. Uggs have become the new Crocs, which were the new Uggs. It’s just wer-ong on every level.  
That said, I have a message for all the Uggs-as-fashion wearers of the world: Take the boots off, burn them, and toss the ashes in the nearest garbage bin. Uggs are a trend from the depths of hell (yes, when it comes to Uggs I become the sartorial equivalent of a right-wing extremist.) And unless you are a surfer freshly emerging from the ocean after a long day of catching waves and looking to give your feet a warm rest or a skier heading back to the lodge after a cold day on the slopes (both scenarios are how the functional shoes originally became fashionable), it’s pretty impossible to make these sheepskin shoes look chic or cool. So why even try? 

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