can someone explain this to me
 

Why are these shoes so popular?
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I just don't get it. They're ugly as all sin. Personally, unless you work in a swamp or are a doctor or something, I think you shouldn't wear them.

Dang, thanks, I thought I was the only one. Although I've seen them in the stores everywhere, I have yet to see someone actually wearing them.

ETA: Except the pair my mom has w/o the straps or holes that she uses for gardening.

For gardening and stuff like that, they make sense. But I don't see why trendy, upscale stores would sell them or why people would wear them to bars. :rolleyes:

Yikes! Those are uncomfortably similar-looking to one of my mid-eighties staples, the jelly shoe:
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They hurt like a mofo because the plastic would cut into your feet plus, not to be indelicate, they made one's feet sweaty and stinky.

(33Girl, you KNOW you were rocking jelly shoes back in the day! :p )

:eek: :eek: Seriously, you've seen that???:p :confused:

Supposedly they're super comfortable. However, if you can't find shoes other than these that are super comfortable, you're pretty stupid.

ETA, at least the jelly shoes made your legs look cute if you wore them w/ a skirt or shorts.

Dude, I had BLUE jelly shoes...with HEELS. I was styling.

sadly yes

I guess the real question is:

Do they come in petite???

They do come in children's sizes. I'm sure if you needed to, you could melt them over an open flame to mold them to your size.

CTHU @ you!!!!

I've seen those shoes being worn. They really are a sight for sore eyes. :(

BUT THAT WOULD MEAN I COULDN'T WEAR THEM OFF THE RACK!!


NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

^^lol

Them ishts are ugly as hayle.

I actually know someone who wears these. She let me try them on-- very comfy.

I still wouldn't wear them!

Exactly. Fuzzy bunny slippers are comfy. That doesn't mean it's a good idea to wear them in public.:p

I swear about a month ago my fiance asked me if I wanted a pair to wear on the boat. I looked at him like he was nuts. He showed them to someone else who said "EWWW!" He'll be happy to know that he was at the beginning of a trend.

I really can't see how your feet would not get all sweaty and gross in them? And sweaty on plastic is not fun. At last with jellies you had more ventilation ;)

Yes but then they would be custom made and would fit better. Much like the European ones do.

I kind of want a pair for when it rains since I can't afford the stupid $90 galoshes I want.

Buy Rubbers.

But I want my galoshes. :(

$90?!?! :eek: wow

I know. Hence I said want, not have. :(

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Ooh they're adorable. You have good taste.

They sell them at a cute little boutique in a town where I go on vacation a lot. I am hoping by winter they'll be on sale.

Are you talking about the little town where the DON Q INN is?

I'm really kicking it 2004 here, I know.

NO. I am decidely not. I am talking about a place in Door County, an actual vacation destination. ;)

LOL I'd probably wear crocs as rain shoes if it ever rained here. However, it doesn't and I still have an old pair of pink Martha Steward gardening boots.

Crocs are cuter than some shoes people wear -- like those gawdawful Dansko clogs, for example.

I must agree the Jelly, while a close cousin to this UGLY UGLY shoe was MUCH cuter... and I enjoyed them both in my childhood and in their brief re-emergence around 94/95 At least you can get jellies with SPARKLES in them. :D

How about I just saw a little girl my daughter goes to school with wearing those doctor shoes? When did they become stylish? It doesn't look like they'd be comfy if your feet sweat. :(

My sister in law,who is a nurse and on her feet for several hours a shift, swears by her Dansko's. They don't look very comfy to me. I told her to buy a pair of Birk's instead. Crocs are the ugliest things ever. I don't care how comfy they are.

Danskos are better than Birks for standing long periods because of the way they elevate your heel. I have to stand up for longish periods of time, so they're a godsend. At least I can look somewhat professional in them, which I can't say for Crocs.