Oh no, Crocs are back - but who s actually wearing them?
The ‘ugly’ plastic clogs have been enjoying record sales, but it’s a trend to embrace with caution
5 May 2021 • 5:00am
Croc-nation: the choice of footwear for Gen-Z
Credit: Instagram: @Crocs
Now that we have a little more freedom again and the weather isn’t completely freezing, I have been enjoying a return to one of my favourite activities: people-watching. Although what I saw this weekend has left me feeling rather disconcerted.
A group of teenage girls were gathered in my local park all wearing some version of the same outfit: a North Face puffer jacket, baggy, cropped jeans and, wait for it, Crocs in a rainbow of different shades, most of them the new platform version which is, evidently, having a moment. To their Tik-Tok-trained eyes, this get-up must have looked the epitome of cool. But for me, it led to the dawning realisation that I am now basically old, or certainly not young enough to be totally down w