T/S: UGG BOOTS vs GU DESSERTS

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I just want to stick up for hot assed Southern California sorority girls wearing UGGs around 2005 back when they were new

Er, except they aren't new, they are an Australian shoe that's existed since the 70s and was pretty much exclusively worn either as a bedtime slipper shoe or by bogans/white trash when they went to the shops in their acid wash jeans and flannies. No one with any class or taste or money wore the things, they've been a bogan joke for many decades. Joke on you, rich americans.

I'd say the joke's on all non-bogan Australians who didn't realize that they were such an awesome fashion accessory. Also, what about Aussie Dogs? Are those even from Australia?

I have no idea what those are.

: ) They're pretty much the same thing, but I suspect they're made in America.

Are they as expensive in Australia? Because the price of Uggs is kind of outrageous for something so ugly.

So many Gü ramekins round this flat. They're pretty expensive at RRP but have been 2-for-1 or 3-for-2 quite often at Sainsbury's over the past year, which makes them a reasonable price.

Meanwhile, cannot think of any nice things to say about Uggs at all, but since I have just "upgraded" the ratty ancient black trainers I've worn for years to some kind of geography teacher-ish efforts (i.e. I accepted that I was old and unhip and maybe it would just be nice not to have my legs hurt whenever I walk for more than 5 minutes) then I'm not really the go-to person for footwear reviews.

Gü so obviously rules.

My better half developed an Ugg fascination a couple of years back, along with everyone else. It died away without her ever getting a pair, but then what does she get for Christmas this year but Ugg. First wore them on a slushy day, and they'd made like sponges before we even reached the end of our street. You'd think at least they'd keep you warm and dry, but no, they have no redeeming features whatsoever.

She should take them on vacation to La Jolla or Newport Beach, which is the natural environment of the Australian sheep boot.

My mom wears Uggs in winter because they're the only boot that does not unduly stress the ankle she broke/shattered five years ago, which was fixed with a seven-bolt plate. At least the Uggs are black. My sister also wears Uggs but this choice is consistent with her boganish wardrobe choices.

uggs around the house imho

have the exact ones in the top pic

as much as i hated uggs, i can tell you that i was srsly tempted in the fucking cold these past few weeks. didn't succumb though.

wilter otm. Theyre not really meant to be an outdoor shoe. I dont understand how they became a fashion thing!

i got a pair of off-brand ugg-like boots for christmas (a little more structure but same idea), my first reaction was that i would never buy those and my second was that they were REALLY comfortable. so i sort of see the appeal....

In the UK (at least) it was the tireless efforts of Kate Moss wearing them all the bloody time in 2005 which put them back into the shops, I think. She got great support in this from Coleen Rooney, which really helped them tap into the teenage girl market.

On a related note, current inexplicable trends round Manchester also include young women wearing pyjama bottoms out and about, often with Uggs, and having their hair done in styles similar to the mob wives from Goodfellas. Does the pyjama nonsense exist elsewhere?

it existed in my high school among band geeks as an "i don't give a shit" statement, but that's about it as far as i know

Yeah, I thought it was a local aberration but a look at google yields gold:

PJs all the rage from Shanghai to Dublin...

My parents came back with plenty of pyjama shots when they went to China. Their take was that being able to afford a splendid pair of pyjamas was a status symbol, so old guys would wear them out & about instead of just to bed.

Goodfellas was supposedly a microtrend a couple of years back in the New York area, but mostly for boys - I remember seeing a couple of photostories with kids all fake tan and wide-lapelled suits

my mom wants to buy a pair of uggs :( and now I have to trawl the internet looking for deals which will drop them below a benjamin

Yes, pyjamas thing is a thing. Have seen it v. occasionally here in Oxfordshire, but mainly in Belfast: at any time of day it's not wildly uncommon to see young(ish) women in pyjamas in the supermarket, and a friend reports that apparently they have a pair for home wear and a nice (warm?) pair to wear to the shops.

Or, much what the comments on that page say about Dublin.

dyao does your mom care if they are ugg brand or just ugg style boots? because you can find (sometimes cuter) knockoffs for like $25 easily.

Hasn't the PJ's thing been a "thing" for just about forever in parts of Liverpool?

guys uggs became popular when consumers became ashamed of their fat ankles, there is no other reason (afaict)

a result of eating too much gü

man I never worried about ankle fatness until Ross accused Rachel of it on Friends and now phobia of such is an epidemic of vast enough proportions to get its own hideous footwear trend

Pyjamas out & about - the backlash begins

The Dude not welcome at Tesco.

I saw my first girl in pyjamas at the Silverburn shopping mall in Glasgow just last night!

Is this the same grocery store that banned hooded sweatshirts and Jedis?

I though the pyjamas thing was just a US college thing but clearly I am wrong.

Sent link to friend in Belfast, who provided me with this one in return:
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article1901953.ece

June 2007, for anyone plotting a timeline of pyjamas across the UK

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wearing pajamas outside seems like such a "I just started living alone and my parents can't tell me what to do!" thing

hell yes it is

For some people, I think it's more of a "you only live once, so you might as well be comfortable" thing.

how the hell do you get to a tescos barefoot though?

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/416/alanpartridgetobleroneui3.th.jpg

(i didn't really mean 'how' but really 'why' or 'how do you get the motivation to')

Yeah, I'll agree with that. At least put on some UGGS, ffs.

Do wish people who work in supermarkets would learn to make proper, readable temporary signs.

http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpd9701gza1qa26qlo1_r1_500.gif

I know ledge already mentioned him, but, you know, the dude abides.

Why do temporary signs say 'temporary sign' on them? It puts them on the back foot unnecessarily. See also: 'Polite Notice'.

So many Gü ramekins round this flat. They're pretty expensive at RRP but have been 2-for-1 or 3-for-2 quite often at Sainsbury's over the past year, which makes them a reasonable price.

― brett favre vs bernard fevre, fite (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 1 January 2010 12:23

they're really very good at 2 for 1! just got thru 2 lime cheescakes and will do well not to get thru the chocolate soufflé's as well

silly name tho, natürlich

Gü is fucking delicious. But I think I've only bought them for something like 90% off on the day of going out of date.

I appear to have lost my little ramekins though.

But I did keep that Robert Burns Coca Cola bottle after the drink surprisingly cost me something like £2.

Apparently Ugg (Ug?) boots were originally just a STYLE of boots made by many makers in Australia, and UGG has since fucked a lot of them over by successfully trademark suing them out of using the word Ug.

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I just realised why someone would start a thread like this. 'Ug' is 'Gu' spelt backwards! Wow I'm so fucking sharp today!

Man, do I love uggs.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2917499038_70b2d239bf.jpg

http://homepages.baylor.edu/riley_ross/files/2008/10/uggs-and-shorts.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QatMJHEcU9A/SmFmgDoCFsI/AAAAAAAAKBw/Ouzgq8XE7uk/s400/Shenae+Grimes+Metallic+UGGs+UGG+Boots+Shorts+004.jpg

yow!

I just realised why someone would start a thread like this. 'Ug' is 'Gu' spelt backwards! Wow I'm so fucking sharp today!

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