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?
This is too funny. Obviously, the uggs’ non-fashion attributes are keeping them alive because despite the wishes of so many of the fashion-minded published on this blog, they refuse to die!
they should only be acceptable for the midnight munchies run to the local shop for doritos and chocolate…
Okay, you didn’t mention that you once had a pair. Come on Kenya.
Oh hell yes! That was 2000. And I’ve got those Uggs that I wore that year right up there with the big frizzy, fluffy bangs from 4th grade; the deep, deep, burgundy lipstick from 1st year of college; the rayon, polka dot tops from middle school and the hot pink and black totally ’80s Betsey Johnson dress from 1999 (the list goes on and on and on. And I’m sure I’ll one day regret the black, drapey jumpsuit hanging in my closet right now)! I’ve learned from my mistakes, which is probably why I get so irked when I see grown women rocking them so hard these days, argh.
Can we start something on all horrible fashion blasts from the pasts? In addition to the frizzy bangs and the Uggs, I’d add those velour J.Lo jumpsuits. Hello! Remember the video when she wore the pink one with Ja Rule? Which one came first the J.Lo or the Juicy Couture hmmm? Those velour jumpsuits were the original Uggs.
Uggs. Onlyyyyyyy to be worn to the corner store. Not a fashion statement D;
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