“Why Fashion is obsessed with Ugly Shoes.”

Christopher Kane sent Crocs down the runway of his spring/summer 2017 collection.

(“Crocs” are quite possibly the ugliest but most comfortable shoes ever. everyone wears them from babies to old farts and rich kids to poorish kids. they are very heinous looking). via Urban Dictionary.

From pool slides to Crocs, it seems that every season there’s a new “ugly” shoe to be coveted by the more adventurous fashion crowd. And despite, everything they go against, for some reason stiletto-clad editors and style gurus everywhere are favouring the acrimonious trend for garish footwear.

Vogue revealed 2017’s wardrobe ‘essentials’ and they are bizarre.

But, not any ugly shoe will do. Oh no, it has to be just the right kind.

Chunky, clinical and vaguely orthopaedic-looking. Podiatrists everywhere are cheering for joy, we’re sure.

For a few seasons now, gross fugly shoes have been creeping and quietly elevating themselves from fashion taboo to street-style staple.

When the Scottish designer Christophrt Kane decided to send Crocs down the runway of his spring/summer 2017 collection the fashion world divided but alas, months later, Vogue have hailed the rise of the controversial shoe as this season’s must-have trend.

Source: Why the fashion industry is obsessed with ugly shoes | The Independent