There are many negative qualities about Greece.
It is dirty, rude and disorganized.
There are many negative qualities about Greek women.
We are jealous, hairy, possessive, controlling and high-maintenance.
Yet, despite all of that, Greece and Greek women in particular have ONE endearing quality. We know how to design, buy or wear shoes.
Greek women are probably born with an innate ability to always choose the best shoes. We have impeccable taste. This is particularly obvious in the summer months where the range of shoes on perfectly pedicured feet is boundless.
Woman of Athens I salute thee! I love the big jewelled ones, the platform ones, the gladiator ones, the colourful, strappy ones, the simple Μοναστιράκη ones–all of them. You wear them so well!
Which is why it is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you that a small number of our fellow excellent shoe wearers have gotten lost in the big, bad world of shoe shopping. (Danos stores, I am blaming you!) These girls have seperated themselves from the herd.
They have gone out and bought! and worn! the world’s ugliest shoe. Behold:
Please. Please, women of Athens, women of Greece; these are not shoes. I don’t know what they are. But they look like something that I could use to float in a pool with while holding a refreshing cocktail. Although, with those holes, that would be stupid bringing me to my initial point–these shoes? They have no purpose.
I beg you. Do not wear them. You are just making the rest of us look bad.
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my word they are truly horrible. what is it? sorry but where exactly did you find these?
take it down, take it down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are apparently called ‘crocs’ and I can’t even believe that I saw two different women wearing them this weekend.
My eyes are still trying to recover.
Hahaha, oh, Hope, this was so funny!
Join the club! I’ve been seeing these horrible footwear going up and down London the last two years! How have they escaped your notice? And you know what? If I’m not mistaken they come from the over-antlantic source of all bads: America (or Canada; they’re all the same:P)!
that explains it all so well. americans only have such bad taste in shoes. my word!!!!!!!
They’re American, but they’re made to be worn on the beach where their ugliness won’t be noticed amongst overweight, hairy and otherwise more ugly people on frolicking to get red, wrinkled and freckled. Just to show you how behind the times Greece is, they were popular in 2004 — that’s right 3 years ago.
You know what’s scary??!
There’s this womam in Miami, that started decorating crocks…and actually sold her little business some time after for 17m US Dollars!
How fucked up is that??