I think it depends on how you view trends when it comes to shoes. I favour stompy shoes in general, regardless of what it considered trendy, so I very much like these. But creepers tend to make a big splash in mainstream style and then go away as quickly as they came on, and a lot of people don't like to be caught on the "wrong" side of a trend. Again, I like the shoes quite a lot, and they hit the black and white trend for fall, but the creeper style likely won't last long in terms of trends.