God help me: Crocs are now really, really, really in

The incomparable Martin Bril wrote years and years ago about the encroaching phenomenon of the Croc. Suddenly it was everywhere, the comfortable but not so pretty shoe from Colorado. They came in all colors and we Dutch, where practicality prevails over splendor, were completely smitten with this shoe.

Where Martin Bril hoped, he also knew that it was against better judgment but oh well, hoping and dreaming are still free, that the Croc trend would blow over, the Croc, just like the material it is made of (it’s a girl) (made of Crosslite, which is extremely light and never smells, also handy for a summer shoe) is indelible.

Stronger still, the Croc makes the longest nose imaginable towards Martin Bril, Naomi Campbell (“I think it’s a lazy shoe”) and yours truly. It collaborated with Christopher Kane, with Balenciaga and with Drew House, the clothing label of Justin Bieber.

And then there were the Oscars last week. You know, the event where nothing is skimped on and especially not on outfits. And when the musical director of the Oscars, Questlove, appears in golden Crocs… then you’ve made it, as a Croc.

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