r/AskReddit • u/TiredEsq • Mar 23 '25

When did Crocs go from being the Nickleback of shoes to being the Taylor Swift of shoes?

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u/SundayMorningTrisha Mar 23 '25

When we began shitting on ankle socks and embracing crew socks. Nothing more styling than crew socks and Crocs, boy howdy. I think that happened sometime last spring?

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u/faqueen Mar 23 '25

When they put a shit ton of money in PR.

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u/whelmed-and-gasted Mar 23 '25

Crocs are comfortable as fuck. It's like walking on a cloud. They just look dumb as hell, but people seem to appreciate function over form because I see them everywhere.

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u/stonebridge0 Mar 23 '25

Beats me. And why is most of them never clean?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '25

When I actually put them on and realized the convenience is worth the Nickleback'ism.

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u/manrata Mar 23 '25

Somewhere between being used as the future shoe in Idiocracy, before they were a known brand, and now.