Balenciaga Models Wore Designer Platform Crocs On The Runway, And People Have Opinions
By Aimee LutkinUpdated Nov. 18 2019, 2:20 p.m. ET
Here is a mind trick: Close your eyes and picture the ugliest shoe you've ever seen. Ninety-five percent of people picture a Croc. I know, science is wild! (Just kidding.) Unfortunately, fashion goes in cycles and right now we're in a cycle that's embracing low-rise jeans and velvet chokers again. These looks were bad when they were popular 20 years ago, and they're still bad, if you ask me, but the industry keeps digging up more bad things to force on their models.
They've brought back Crocs:
What's uglier than a croc? A platform croc, at Balenciaga pic.twitter.com/0c9vuRVzG9
— Alexander Fury (@AlexanderFury) October 1, 2017Balenciaga, what are you doing?
Obviously, people are angry and confused:
Soooo how do we feel about Balenciaga's platform crocs? #Balenciaga pic.twitter.com/sw9kuQg5P1
— Sarah Mendelsohn (@ahitofsarah) October 1, 2017Personally victimized
— Ernest Macias (@internest_the) October 1, 2017i hate this world
— Serena Wright (@reenaiswright) October 1, 2017Though there are a few people who are happy to see us all descend into shoe madness:
balenciaga out here making platform crocs bih im here and alive for this pic.twitter.com/UIlFwJIVOU
— spicy cabrona🔥 (@evvilegg) October 1, 2017Yoooo Balenciaga's platform Crocs>>>
— Amanda Salaam (@_uncledaddy) October 1, 2017Woah I would be the coolest kid in Stillwater. Those are for sure on my wishlist.😍😂💀
— Kiki💗 (@Keykeyaraa) October 2, 2017I'll rock these to PROM if y'all send me a pair
— sarah (@shawtysteps) October 2, 2017The good news is that if you love these Balenciaga Croc monstrosities, you can get a much more affordable version at Walmart.
⚜️ @ChristopherKane's @Crocs > @BALENCIAGA's @Crocs ⚜️#pfw pic.twitter.com/Qequf9mJKv
— CHRISTIAN MALIBRÁN (@cmalibran) October 1, 2017ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pbXSramam6Ses7p6wqikaKyimrultc2gZmtoYWx8cnyOaWpokmSvwoeujpuYpZ2emLais8Bmmqunk6h6s8HNsJiy