Should I wear
socks
with my Crocs? A
s the weather has gotten warmer, I Lauderdale Boat Show in 2002. Each pair have begun to wear my Crocs again. of Crocs, no matter what size, has 13 I have pretty much stopped wearing holes. The holes serve as ventilation and what used to be a warm weather staple let out excess moisture to keep the shoes for me, flip-flops. I find Crocs to be much smelling fresh. more comfortable. Since their inception, there have been I’ve heard a lot that you don’t wear more than 200 million pairs of Crocs sold socks with sandals. I’ve seen worldwide. They are available that described as the “German in more than 90 countries. on vacation” look. In addition, there is a Crocs But are Crocs considered rain boot that goes above the sandals? Or, are they shoes? ankle and doesn’t have the According to Wikipedia, signature holes. they are neither, but instead Want to decorate your are clogs. Crocs? There is also a Mike Bollinger mike@johnstonnow.com According to footwearnews. collection of charms called com, Crocs were inspired by Jibbitz that will attach to Dutch clogs and were originally intended them. These can be purchased in themes to be boating shoes. And, as you might such as Hello Kitty, Minecraft, NBA teams, guess from the name, they are indeed Winnie the Pooh, Looney Tunes and many named after the crocodile. The name others. was chosen since they were originally Celebrities who wear Crocs include John designed to perform on both land Cena, Whoopi Goldberg, Prince George and in water. (son of William and Catherine), Justin The first Crocs model, called the Bieber, Al Pacino and Bad Bunny. Athletes “Beach,” was introduced at the Fort who wear them include hockey player
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Sidney Crosby, football player Tom Brady, retired basketball player Dirk Nowitzki and basketball player C.J. McCollum. A quick survey in which six people responded reveals four people saying I should wear socks with them if I want and two saying absolutely not. Crocs.com offers a “starter pack” which consists of a pair of Crocs and three pairs of socks. They also offer the “ultimate Crocs pack” which has a pair of Crocs, a pair of socks and a container of Crocs Shine to keep the Crocs looking spiffy. Who knew there was such a thing as Crocs Shine? Since they offer socks, I’m going to say the people at Crocs believe it’s OK to wear them with their clogs. In fact, they offer socks in many different colors. Crocs.com says “The debate goes on about wearing Crocs with socks, but we want you to come as you are.” Bustle.com says the roomy design of Crocs will accommodate various sock thicknesses that will allow them to be worn in cold weather as well as warm. Quora.com answers the question by saying Crocs are designed to be comfortable with or without socks. Wearablyweird.com says the best way to wear socks with Crocs is to wear quarter-length or half-length socks. They say it looks “goofy” to wear fulllength socks with Crocs. Socksadviser.com says it is more fashionable to wear them without socks. However, this same website says the trend now is to wear them with socks. I have worn them both ways, and find them to be more comfortable with socks. And thus, this is what I will do most of the time. I’ve never been really fashionable anyway.