https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:50:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336629 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:27:27 +0000 Jaime 2336629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know April, we had flip flops for the pool and I just don't remember anything else . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336624 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 23:14:41 +0000 Carol 2336624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a pair of zoris in the 90s...I see my uncle's face. He lived in Japan for 2 years in college, and remained obsessed with the culture ever since. You always had to be careful not to get too excited about something in his house or that he was wearing, because he'd say: you like it? Here! and he'd give it to you. I bet that's how I got the zoris.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336347 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:32:47 +0000 Chiara 2336347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In Australia- flip flops is quite a recent term. All can be referred to as thongs (although a version in leather might be called sandals)<br /> I remember the zori style- I think they came back briefly in the late 1990s? I recall wearing a pair with a long thai silk skirt, as a dinner outfit when travelling in hot climates! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336176 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:09:34 +0000 Angie 2336176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>April</b>, I was living in Hong Kong in 1978 and remember that zoris were all the rage! Sooooo many people were walking around in them.&nbsp;</p> <p>My semantics for flip-flops is just like yours. They are the rubber kind people wear to the beach and pool.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336174 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:00:41 +0000 MsMary 2336174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, what you pictured are what I called zoris. To me, "thongs" (1) have narrow straps and flat soles, and "flip flops" (2) have wider (usually fabric) straps and thicker soles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336166 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:23:08 +0000 rachylou 2336166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omigosh. I don’t think I’ve heard the word ‘zoris’ since… 1978. I feel like maybe my dad liked them. He was a trendy guy, lol :)</p> <p>Flip flops used to gross me out (esp the 70s kind), but them I got to liking them and now I miss them… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336158 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:34:05 +0000 Indigoprint 2336158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a pair too. So comfortable. Will have to look if I can still find a pair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336149 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:55:29 +0000 Anonymous 2336149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had never heard the word zoris before, but I don't remember much about 1978! Agreeing about flip flops being the cheap rubber beach ones and thongs as leather or otherwise daily wear sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-whole-thong-flip-flop-zori-issue#post-2336145 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:12:36 +0000 April 2336145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yet another variation.&nbsp; Zoris to me were a type of non-rubber flip flop that had a huge moment around 1978, when I was 14.&nbsp; The base was a woven grasscloth and the thong portion was made of padded cotton cloth.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>To recap: in my New England childhood:</p> <p><b>Flip flops&nbsp;</b>were only the cheap rubber beach sandals.</p> <p><b>Thongs&nbsp;</b>were my mother's hard-as-a-rock flat leather sandals.</p> <p><b>Zoris&nbsp;</b>were the Asian-style shoe shown below.&nbsp; I had a pair of those in a sage and beige floral print and I ADORED them.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>