Crocs: Ugly and Dangerous
We are not referring to crocodiles, though they are certainly ugly and dangerous too. Instead, we refer to the ubiquitous footwear. The company made headlines over the weekend, because the Japanese Trade Ministry has formally requested a redesign. Because Crocs are just that ugly.
Okay, no — it’s not because Crocs offend the eyes. The redesign has been requested for safety reasons:
Japan has asked the maker of Crocs to look into changing the design of its footwear after complaints that children wearing the colorful plastic clogs have had their feet injured on escalators.The Trade Ministry said Friday it issued the warning after receiving 65 complaints about Crocs and similar products getting stuck in escalators between June and November last year. Most of the cases involved young children.
A $7 million suit has already been filed against the company in New York this year, on behalf of a three-year-old whose toe was mangled on an escalator. And the company has other trouble on its hands, in the form of shareholder lawsuits.
All this is to say: Crocs are dangerous. And ugly. Do not wear them.
Japan Asks Crocs for Redesign [Washington Post]
Suit: Crocs shoe led to 3-year-old girl’s toe accident on JFK escalator [New York Daily News]
Crocs faces shareholder lawsuit [Denver Business Journal]
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Those have got to be the ugliest things a person can wear on their feet. I pity the unfashionable fools who do not realize how silly they look in those. Same goes for those leather strap sandals. Hideous.
and.....FIRST
Note to self: wear crocs on escalator until foot mangled, collect $7 million, retire from shitty biglaw job, bang Kash.
I do almost everything Mario Batali tells me. Almost.
Not only are they ugly and dangerous, but one also gets Conch feet from extended use of them. If you have no idea what Conch feet are, then you need to visit Key West.
I love my crocs. LOL at law students and lawyers giving fashion advice.
I went to the Capital One Bowl this year between UF & MIchigan. The only thing worse than 10k people wearing bright orange and blue crocs is 10k people wearing them in conjunction with their mullets and jhorts.
Could someone explain why Crocs are more likely than other shoes to get stuck in escalators? I would think that without shoelaces they'd be safer?
I'm obviously not a Croc wearer.
They aren't any uglier than other fashion atrocities, like Uggs. And they are practical for working out in the garden... just hose them off.
As for escalators, they are probably more susceptible because of the soft plastic, which could get caught under the lip of the collapsing step in front of you, I suppose. If you're an idiot.
i agree, crocs are bad, really bad. uggs too.
Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator.
-Brodie 3L
Kash on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcXgLuKrZpI
We represented a girl and her family (exec at good client) in a suit against a department store (and manufacturer, repair company, etc) after the girl lost 4 fingers on one hand from a faulty escalator. During discovery, we found memos and emails referring to the escalator as the "meat grinder." Needless to say they settled, for a boat load. If we can send people to the moon (40 years ago) why can't they make a safe escalator?
1:44 As a law student, I apologize. I thought plastic clothing left age-appropriateness about the same thing as breast feeding and diaper rash.
Ha! After twenty years of stupid high heels and the foot deformities that go with them, you'll have a wholly different appreciation of these wonderful, lightweight, comfortable and colorful shoes.
Bunion surgery's pretty ugly, too.
Uggs are not ugly, just ridiculous if worn in warm weather, LA, Vegas, etc. Crocs are just ugly.
Crocs rule!
Fact: Crocs are every bit as cool as Mui Mui or D&G.
These croc-odile shoes are homely indeed, but I don't see why they're dangerous.
I only wear shoes made of buffalo leather.
FWIW, perhaps too many of you are slaving away indoors to realize that Crocs make excellent boat shoes. They do well on sailboats and yachts....
Crocs were placed on Earth by aliens as a huge joke on the human race. Don't be fooled.
Crocs are the Devil's way of showing that he is winning the battle for human souls.
@4:03 - you are partially correct -- Crocs are indeed "every bit as cool as Mui Mui."
But that is because there is no such brand as "Mui Mui" and Croc-wearers apparently have no idea how to spell Miu Miu.
@5:28 -- I was too excited about berating Crocs to bother to proofread. God those things are ugly. Right up there with Birkenstocks. Shame on whoever wears those.
This is idiotic. Are they going to also ask for a redesign on Birkenstocks and flip-flops?
2:39, looks like Kash beat you to it. That video has been removed from YouTube. Kash, why’d you take it down?
crocs are hideous! i can understand a doctor wearing them for comfort and convenience at work. i can't understand someone wearing them in everyday life.