UGLY SHOES: A Brief History / Fashion

Every few years, tastemakers mysteriously embrace some comfortable but undeniably ugly footwear more typically associated with river-rafting potheads or line cooks. A look at the most memorable assaults on our fashion sense, and a forecast for the ugly shoe of autumn 2010.

Winter 2004: So Soft, So Unflattering
Uggs were a generic sheepshearer’s boot in Australia for decades, but have become beachwear for surfers, then models, who wear them with minis.

2006: Croco-philia
The garishly colored slip-resistanty shoes beloved by shift workersy and chefsy spread like a virus, engulfingy entire families at a time. Crocks are definitely...

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