aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Friday, July 13, 2007
Crocs: a tinkertoy on steroids
Slate today, beating the Times to its weekend punch:
As fans will tell you, Crocs aren’t just footwear; they’re the closest thing to religion that the foot has experienced. The company’s stock has skyrocketed in value over the past year, and Crocs is now poised to launch a new product line this fall. Yet Crocs are heinous in appearance. A Croc is not a shoe; it is a Tinkertoy on steroids. How did this peculiar shoe-manqué achieve ubiquity-and can it possibly stick around?
Me thinks she doth protest too much. Much as I felt like a platypus the first time I wore mine I do remember the Earth Shoe and the Croc styling is just a holey modern iteration of it. Loud ugly shoes are nothing new; at least these are comfortable.
