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OTOH, I have plenty of justification now for having purchased a pair of those awful UGG type boots. :)

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by poemless on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 02:29:46 PM EST
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UGG: I don't get the urge. That I don't get the urge bugs me. I feel like I ought to even if I decline to spend. UGG styling isn't even complimentary -- then again, I'm a Ferragamo specialist.

Sure, lambskin makes some sense for some persons during podiatric healing. But wtf outside shuffling 'round the a chilly house in syn-fab slippers? Hell, I'd rather drive barefoot than put on one of those "boots".

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 04:37:59 PM EST
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They are certainly a fashion abomination.  I mean, you are talking to the girl who wrote a political manifesto celibrating high heels.  

But 1) If you have to walk around in shoes while your foot is recovering, they are ideal: snug enough support you but loose enough that there is no pressure on your foot and padded enough to protect you. And 2) I don't know where you live, but it gets evil cold here, and these babies are like duvets for your feet.  

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 04:48:15 PM EST
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I mean, you are talking to the girl who wrote a political manifesto celibrating high heels.  

I sensed this; call me nuts; poetry requires nuance. For me, the pivot is toe cleavage. I like everyone else in my family is born with the THING for slender footprint. Who can see cleavage in UGG? Whatever.

Sure, I understand UGG is infinitely preferrable to orthopedic sandal during any Chicago winter. Duh. (I grew up in Michigan.) Would you wear UGG in June? Does UGG even market lambskin sandals?! I must have missed that tween opportunity -- although I have seen tween UGG wear in June in fuckin MD. I guess, we'll have to reserve unilateral UGG judgement.

We hang onto LL Bean all-weathers with Gortex booties, tested, myself.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:09:22 PM EST
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Would you wear UGG in June?

No.  But at home I wear my LL Bean Wicked Good slippers, which are basically like UGGs, all year round.  

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:22:22 PM EST
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No. You. Don't.

I'm really bad at shoes: I'm more or less neutral among most of them, can't off any useful feedback during shopping trips  and don't really see the point of high heels, but even I can tell that, unless you're a reindeer herder in full traditional dress or something, those things are inexcusable.

Any they wear them in summer here. I can't imagine what that smells like at the end of the day.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:36:17 PM EST
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I mean, stay at home or something.

Yeesh.

</insane rant>

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:37:18 PM EST
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Uhm, I know you are having a difficult time and all, but I think you are being unnecessarily hostile.  "Stay at home"?  Are you serious?  Over a pair of shoes you think I am too horrid to leave the house?  You realize that is, uhm, mean, right?

Step away from the computer, Colman.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:49:13 PM EST
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Ah, guess my humour is out of tune then.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:49:53 PM EST
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I really hate uggs (or whatever they're called) though.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:50:44 PM EST
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It's not summer here.  It's 5 inches of snow and 25F here.  My feet are warm and not in pain, and frankly, that's much more important to me than your opinion.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
by poemless on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 05:51:34 PM EST
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