You’ve got to admire the passion of the i hate crocs folks with their blogs, countless facebook groups, youtube posts and “crocs and scissors“ tee-shirts. Bandwagon rebels with a cause, these self proclaimed fashionistas with their truly inspired mall jeans/ tee-shirt/ skechers / converse combos can rant all they want. Create anything different, not to mention highly successful, and you’ll always get a few Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells archetypes, with time on their hands, writing in.

Meanwhile us crocs fans young and old are quietly benefiting from comfortable shoes and the many other crocs styles that are not the clog style for which 99% of their venom is aimed. I hate clogs would certainly be a more interesting proposition but to write off a company and its Croslite material is pretty wide of the mark.

Things are moving forward, Crocs make other shoes than Clogs you know, the Crox stock is booming and the Crocs shelves of Europe and rarely filled for long. With the advent of the You by Crocs women boot and shoe range (definitely no Clogs there) and the prospect of Croslite RT clothes on the horizon, the broadside “i hate crocs” blogs will slowly die away and Crocs Inc like many other successful mainstream American brands will become part of the fashion fabric.

Yes Crocs is the new Marmite. The shoes rarely illicit a neutral reaction; its either love of hate. As for me I’m a lover not a fighter and I do like Marmite too!

Dr Crocs

PS. When I launch the “I heart Crocs” tee-shirts you’ll be the first to know!

Let’s have the debate here – Love em or Hate em, why do you feel so passionate about Crocs?