https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:32:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf/page/2#post-1195250 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 02:52:41 +0000 Anonymous 1195250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've had the Croc flats&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/Crocs-Womens-Lady-Goldtone-Man-Made-Casual-Shoes-Size-4/8507975/product.html?gclid=CMHIvbTBk70CFS1eOgodSnwAWQ&amp;cid=202290&amp;kid=9553000357392&amp;track=pspla&amp;ef_id=UP9H9gAADm@uwwwI:20140315023857:s">here</a>&nbsp;for a few years&nbsp;as the summer equivalent of rain boots. While they're not the most stylish shoes ever, I like that they're innocuous&nbsp;enough that I don't have to bring a change of shoes to places.</p> <p>I think someone posted a pair of Croc boots&nbsp;here recently and I was surprised how cute they were! So maybe they're upping their game. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf/page/2#post-1195237 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 02:22:38 +0000 Gigi 1195237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Claudia, when I went to the Crocs website (as a result of this post) I was VERY surprised at how cute some of their heeled sandals were. They didn't look Croc-y at all! Though if the logo were visible, that would be a deal-breaker for me! Ha ha. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1195216 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:48:27 +0000 Isabel 1195216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...and they are uber comfortable. &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1195201 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:38:40 +0000 Echo 1195201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't wear Crocs because they aren't very comfortable for me, but I wear Birkenstocks, so I can hardly judge anyone who wears Crocs! Additionally, the ones in the link look like cute flats, not like the original vented clogs. I am grateful for Crocs, though, because my 9 year old DD has the fussiest feet and dress shoes are just impossible for her most of the time. We went to a Crocs store and were able to find three pairs of really cute flats she can wear with dresses - one pair looks a lot like what Day Vies posted. Crocs aren't a one-trick pony anymore. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1195070 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 23:04:40 +0000 Beth Ann 1195070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear my leopard ballet-style crocs as "festival" wear, or for days when I need to walk and might get wet.&nbsp; We'll be going out West this summer and I'll likely take them for "walking to the bathroom" in the middle of the night!&nbsp; More protection than flip flops, but easy to slip on (and wash).</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194954 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:50:24 +0000 Claudia 1194954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, right! I am not beating up on you, April, not&nbsp;at all on this. I am really surprised that I actually bought not just one pair, but two Crocs, and was pretty happy that I could find something practical both&nbsp;for work conditions&nbsp;<i>and</i> being seen by the general public,&nbsp;that I felt proud and stylish&nbsp;to be wearing -- while getting my feet soaked and being on my feet for 9 hours a day.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194941 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:36:27 +0000 April 1194941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't get me wrong, Claudia -- they have branched out into&nbsp;some amazing shoes. &nbsp;But their name is so tied to the original that when someone is wearing&nbsp;great-looking shoes and they&nbsp;turn out to be Crocs, it's always a bit of a surprise, no?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194931 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:30:38 +0000 Claudia 1194931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope Rae sees this and posts some of her WIW&nbsp;work outfits with the bronze&nbsp;spiked ballet flats, and her colorblocked high-heeled wedge Crocs! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194926 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:26:20 +0000 Day Vies 1194926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely! my crocs are very cute and I encourage others to find a pair of cute crocs of their own. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194924 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:24:59 +0000 April 1194924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cross post, Mo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194923 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:24:39 +0000 April 1194923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo's comment&nbsp;does raise an interesting question, though, doesn't it. &nbsp;This year the loafer is hot, and it's just as basic and unsexy and mannish as ever, but it's trending so our eyes adjust and suddenly it looks fresh and cool and cutting-edge.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>When the original Crocs start being worn by the young and hip (with Mom jeans back, can they be far behind?), will there suddenly&nbsp;be a $600 dollar version from a designer? &nbsp;Sure there will.</p> <p>Crocs certainly got their act together as far as their offerings. &nbsp;They caught on that people adored their comfort and wanted that without having to feel sheepish, and now they're hip enough to do a deal with Mondo Guerra.&nbsp;</p> <p>To differing degrees, I think we're all susceptible&nbsp;to fashion's whims about what's good at any given moment. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194916 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:15:41 +0000 Mo 1194916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get 'ya April! &nbsp;Like I said, it is funny, but at a deeper level we do wait for the seal of approval on things to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194904 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:06:38 +0000 Anonymous 1194904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have several non-Croc looking crocs....if that makes sense...the Mary Jane, a ballet, a flip flop, a wedge sling back and a wedge slip on. I do wish I could hide the logo but I livein them in the summer. I have a fairly long commute via public transit and they are very comfy and look decent. </p> <p>When I am MOTG, I wear them all day, 8+ hrs, including amusement parks, Vegas </p> <p>Maybe not fashion forward but good enough for me, at that price point </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194903 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:06:24 +0000 April 1194903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just so you have the context, Mo, she was teasing me. &nbsp;She was the one who talked me out of buying a pair, in my pre-YLF days. &nbsp;Yes, the real deal, old school,&nbsp;ugly kind -- forget Mondo Guerra. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194862 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:24:09 +0000 Gigi 1194862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would say it's OK to like Crocs that don't look like Crocs. :^) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194853 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:11:16 +0000 Isabel 1194853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have had a pair of their black ballet shoes for a couple of years or more. &nbsp;I love them ! &nbsp; I bike in mine, go to the park with the kids, go to the YMCA...those are fab by the way !!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194847 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:58:47 +0000 Mo 1194847@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On the one hand I find this question funny, and on the other a little sad. &nbsp;I'm sad that we have to have a consensus agreement on what's 'okay'. &nbsp;I know, I know, it's a fashion board and this is what we do, but deep down I don't like the implications. &nbsp;Kinda like Birk's being okay now . . . &nbsp;who decides this stuff anyway, really. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194835 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:31:50 +0000 Jules 1194835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use my old croc sandals as house shoes too Neel. They did get a bit tired looking eventually (I think spraying sunscreen on your feet&nbsp;with them on is not wise) and the taupe&nbsp;colour isn't much in my palette anymore.... but they make great house shoes, especially for slipping on to briefly step outside or to the dirty basement. </p> <p>And since I wear a half size, it's good news the boat shoes run big. Thanks Claudia!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194833 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:26:12 +0000 El Cee 1194833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know, April. I am yawning too. Can't bring myself to do the normcore thing. I would look just like my dear, fashion-challenged husband. I guess he is actually a "fashion plate" right now. &nbsp;Missed that post from Angie. You are right Neel… it is hysterical! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194828 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:21:04 +0000 Neel 1194828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg! Angie's post is hilarious!!! ROFL!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194827 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:20:20 +0000 April 1194827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Normcore. &nbsp;</p> <p>&lt;yawn&gt; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194826 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:20:05 +0000 Claudia 1194826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, I think some of the non-gardening-clog&nbsp;styles are downright fashionable and fab even (unlike the original gardening clog&nbsp;Crocs that gave them a bad name). They are super comfortable and cushiony. Rae wears them to work even.</p> <p>Jules, the boat shoes ran big on me, if you order, go down a size. You'd never know these shoes are all&nbsp;plastic by sight alone.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194823 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:16:05 +0000 El Cee 1194823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apparently, crocs are cool again… at least if you are into "normcore":</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/02/normcore-fashion-trend.html">http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/0.....trend.html</a></p> <p>Claudia -- Boat shoe crocs?! I am in heaven! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194819 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:13:20 +0000 Neel 1194819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use crocs as house slippers. A mom needs non slip slippers you know .... And they are the most comfortable slippers I have ever owned at this price point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194818 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:12:28 +0000 April 1194818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's pretty much always been okay to wear Crocs while gardening in the mud, though, right? &nbsp;(And before Crocs, it was those Martha Stewart rubber gardening clogs.)</p> <p>The question is -- are Crocs now acceptable <i>as real&nbsp;footwear?</i></p> <p><i><br /></i></p> <p>And who remembers this Angie post from 2008:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2008/04/01/crocs-mean-business/">http://youlookfab.com/2008/04/.....-business/</a>&nbsp;?<i></i></p> <p><i><br /> </i></p> <p><i></i><i><br /></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194816 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:10:56 +0000 rachylou 1194816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey! I never stopped looking around for crocs... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194815 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:10:45 +0000 Jules 1194815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've worn and enjoyed a croc sandal before as a MOTG practical but stylish *enough* option.&nbsp;Claudia, I really like those boat shoes. It's funny, I've checked them out on the website before, but maybe not in that colour, which really seems the best/freshest, in white&nbsp;with the citron laces and all.&nbsp;And they are on sale on the Canadian website...<br />Sometimes seeing something on ylf makes all the difference in perspective, rather than trying to pick something off a website full of iffy things.&nbsp;Either that, or I am a total lemming :)<br />I also like the Mondo ones, particularly the square stripe! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194791 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:52:25 +0000 Claudia 1194791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought these Crocs&nbsp;to wear for my outside garden center/nursery job this spring&nbsp;when it's raining out or I have a lot of watering to do. I learned from last year that it is no fun, or healthy for your feet,&nbsp;to spend all day in soggy footwear. So I say yes, it's okay! :-)</p> <p>Mondo's are pretty cute!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194779 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:40:42 +0000 April 1194779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I love Mondo too. &nbsp;</p> <p>Even if he occasionally appears to be borrowing his outfits from an organ grinder's monkey. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-sister-asks-can-we-like-crocs-now-please-ask-ylf#post-1194775 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:37:01 +0000 viva 1194775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would wear those gardening and to the beach, at least. (Mondo is so funny. Kind of want to put him in my pocket and carry him around.) </p>