Tolerable Crocs

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It's rare that I find a buzzfeed video entertaining, but I do have a soft spot for Ladylike, and my favourite such video is the one where Kristin tries to style crocs fashionably for a week:


I thought I'd try something similar, just to test my fashion abilities. I think I have it a lot easier than Kristin did, because over the past year or so, ugly shoes like dad sneakers have become fashionable - need I mention Balenciaga's $3000 Triple S sneaker?


https://runrepeat.com/balenciaga-triple-s-trainers


(By the way, the website I got the triple S picture from is a running/exercise shoe website, and its an article called "15 Reasons NOT To Buy Balenciaga's Triple S sneaker", and their 'pro' and 'con' bullet points are almost endearingly no-nonsense. They actually treat it like a proper sneaker. Please for the love of God go have a look.)

I thought I'd ease myself in by finding tolerable crocs that don't look like a classic croc shoe, and then moving on to the real deal.

(#notspon, by the way, in case that wasn't glaringly obvious)

Part 1: Tolerable Non-Croc Crocs




This has ninja-techwear vibes. It's a pity that it has "CROCS"s plastered over the front, but that could just add a humour element to it. Wear it with an outfit like this:



Or if that's too easy and obvious, I could see someone using it for a noir-ballet vibe, so wearing it with black tights and a strappy black dress like this one I have from UO:



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I shan't insult you by telling you how to style a chelsea boot. The colours here, though, are really interesting - I'd wear it with a white linen dress/skirt (like this one of mine:

) or white jeans because I think the contrast would be nice, and it would draw attention to the shoes.

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Man, they're practically HANDING this to you. Stick some strategic coloured tape on it, and you've got Tommy Hilfiger slides!

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These are actually just cool - they're half see-through! I'd wear my fluoro socks underneath, with an all-black outfit on.



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Mary Janes! Wear them like the 2013 tumblr grunge girl you are, with frilly socks and a borderline schoolgirl outfit or summer dress:

http://ulimali.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html






Part 2: Tolerable Croc Crocs

Crocs Crocband Platform Clog Black 

Crocs^TM obviously knows what it's doing here, appealing to the new quirky insta girl market. These are basically a less hyperbolic form of their balenciaga collab. Safiya's video has some good ideas:


The crocs website has some ideas too, making its target demographic with these shoes obvious:

I was thinking something similar: long printed socks (maybe even knee- or thigh-highs? with a relatively neutral outfit to balance it out, like high-waisted light-wash denim shorts and a tank top.

I could also see it going with a lot of Ellie-May's outfits, like this one:

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Crocs Kids' Crocband II Sandal Navy Blue

These are gleefully childish. (they are, in fact, kids' shoes.) I'd wear them with a primary-colour-based outfit, Lego-esque, to fit this. Maybe mum jeans with a red spaghetti-strap top tucked in. I think they'd also work in any outfit that those checkered vans slip-ons work with, because those, too, have a childish vibe.




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Crocs Women's Crocs Freesail Plush Fuzz-Lined Clog Black

These are both horrifying and fascinating to me - like a mutilated, rubberized ugg. Still, the contrast between the matte-black and the fleece material is quite cool. The most obvious choice to me would be to pair it with any outfit with a black fleece overcoat on top. You know, those hyper-trendy ones that never fail to make me feel affection for whoever's wearing it, most probanly because they remind me of a lil lamb.

https://www.universalstore.com/i-am-gia-pixie-coat-black.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAy-_iBRAaEiwAYhSlA2AFj6BtPGZ-Q0OJusat9ICQY-CKY2oqdzDOJXWgU2AU6rxfzbNXHRoCk3UQAvD_BwE
I also reckon that the cute fur means it would look really cool with fishnet stockings, because of the attiude contrast. Specifically, fishnet stockings with edgy-but-cozy outfit like Liberty Mai 's:






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Crocs PFD Women's Neria Pro Clog White

These remind me of those rubber shoes barbie dolls would have, and so naturally, these would work great with a barbie-doll fit. So I'm talking any sort of early 2000s look: extremely low-cut denim skirts and crop-tops with a beaded handbag, plastic sunglasses, that sort of thing. My friend and constant inspiration Cosima does GREAT barbie/Bratz 2000s fits, all of which I think these would work with:





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Last but not least, you could go barefoot!



Crocs Baya Seasonal Graphic Clog Army Green / Camo

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