Ekuqaleni ndeza ngcamango yokugqoka i-Crocs yonke indawo ngeveki-umsebenzi, isidlo sakusihlwa, i-gym-kuba ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba yinto ehlekisayo. Kuba, ke, ziiCrocs.
Kwabangaziwayo, iiCrocs ziiclogs ezenziwe ngegwebu lobunikazi elibizwa ngokuba yiCroslite, ezenza zikhululeke ngokukhethekileyo, zihlale kwaye zihlale kwaye into ongasoze ufune nabani na onokudlula njengelungu le-cast. Euphoria ukubamba unxibe. Ukuthetha ngenkangeleko yabo eyoyikekayo, UTim Gunn (ilizwi lokuqiqa ngefashoni) wake wathi iCroc ifana neplastiki uphuphu .
Njengomntu ongekasondeli nokudlala kumaqela amakhulu abanxibi abalungileyo phakathi kweSammy Sosas yokwenyani (ndixolele, ndayeka ukulandela ibaseball ngo-2002), ndacinga ukuba kuya kuba njalo. ngokunzulu Kuyamangalisa ukukhwaza ngaphaya komgangatho webhastile ohonjisiweyo wesakhiwo sam, ndigudluze kwilifti ecaleni kweembadada ezimtyibilizi zasehlotyeni kunye neepaji ezimtyibilizi, ezikwifashoni, kunye nokuqubha ezipasejini, ndixukuxa amagxa kunye noogxa bam abanesitayile ngelixa ndinxibe isihlangu esilingana nezihlangu ze-clown.
Uyabona, i-Croc kodwa isihlangu esithobekileyo xa sisegadini, iofisi kagqirha okanye indawo yokudlala yabantwana. Kodwa idityaniswe ecaleni kweFashion-leyo yinguqulelo yegama lika-Anna Wintour, enenkunzi eyoyikisayo u-F-i-Croc engazithembiyo iba yinto eyothusayo, iphosa isithunzi sobubi kwihlabathi eliyijikelezileyo. Yiba nomfanekiso kaDaniel Day-Lewis njengoko Phantom Umsonto UReynolds Woodcock kwindlu yakhe yaseLondon. Ngu-1953, kwaye unxibe isuti egqibeleleyo. Ume kwistudiyo sakhe, inaliti emlonyeni, ejonge kumqukumbelo wengubo yoboya besilika eza kunxitywa ngumntu wokuqala obalaseleyo. Ukukhanya okungenamandla kwasebusika kuthululela kwiifestile kwaye kusasazeke kancinci ngeedrapes ezicekethekileyo.
Ngoku, yiya phantsi. Yena useCrocs.
IiCrocs luhlaselo kubuhle. Yaye yintoni exabiseke ngaphezu kobuhle kweli xesha lifutshane sikulo emhlabeni? Ngokuqinisekileyo, isiseko sam sokuqala solu vavanyo sasikhuthazwa buburharha, kodwa yayiyinyani wazalwa kwaye ukhulile ngaphandle kwenkolelo yam-okanye into endandicinga ukuba yinkolelo yam-ukuba iiCrocs ziyi-antithesis yobuhle. Kwaye ke ngoko, kufuneka babe babi. Kunene?
Ewe, makhe sijonge.
Ukulungiselela
Ukuzisa olu vavanyo ebomini, abantu abalungileyo eCrocs bandithumelele ipere ezine zezihlangu zabo ezidumileyo: I-Crocband™ Platform Rainbow Clog (), ezimbini I-classic tie-dye izimbo ($ 45) kunye Jibbitz enye iperi ehonjisiweyo iiCrocs ezimhlophe zakudala (). Nceda ube nomonde, siza kufika kwinto yeJibbitz kamva. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe nokuba bendizifuna ezi $ 90 ibhayisekile Crocs ithengiswe kuphela Barneys New York , kodwa ubomi bukhohlakele yaye bebengafumaneki.
Ngoku, umba wobushushu basehlotyeni, uhambo oluhamba ngaphantsi komhlaba kunye nezihlangu zerabha zavela rhoqo kwincoko xa ndakhankanya le projekthi kubahlobo nakwintsapho. Ngenxa yokuba iinyawo zam ziyabila, ndabachazela, ndiza kunxiba i-ankle sock kunye neCroc ngexesha lokuhamba, emva koko ndisuse i-ankle sock kanye eofisini yam. Ukucinga ngale nto ngoku, kuyathandeka ndicinga ukuba ukukhulula iikawusi zam kuya kwenza ukhetho lwefashoni lube nokuhlawuleka. Into endiya kuyifunda, kukuba akukho ntlawulelo xa untywila kwihlabathi lerabha leCrocs.
I-hypothesis
Ukunxiba iiCrocs kuyo yonke indawo kuya kuba mnandi kuba iiCrocs zizihlangu ezimbi. Ke, andizukufunda nto ngam, kodwa ndiza kuthabatha imifanekiso ehlekisayo.
Uvavanyo
hayi katzuMvulo
Andiyi kuxoka, ngosuku lokuqala ndandinoloyiko oluncinci lokunxiba iiCrocs eofisini kwaye ndilicime ngokupheleleyo igama lam kubasebenzi endisebenza nabo, ndiye ndahamba nesibini sam esifihlakeleyo: inguqulelo ye-pastel tie-dye. Ndihamba nongandijongi-ayingathi ndinxibe iCrocs-to-work vibe, ndinxibe ishirt eCasual ndayibamba ku TJ Maxx nejean ye Everlane endiyinxibayo. ngokusisiseko yonke imihla.
Ngesinye isihlandlo ndikwisakhiwo sam seofisi sodidi, ndavuma ukuba ndiziva ndineentloni ngakumbi kunesiqhelo. Ngathi bendihlekisa ngaye nabani na obezama ukunxiba kakuhle emsebenzini. Ndithe xa ndingena kwi lift ndihamba nomnye umama endingamaziyo, intliziyo yam yaqalisa ukubetha. Ndive ngathi undijongile. Kwaye kwathi, wayenguye. Kodwa ndothuka xa wathi, Zimnandi gqitha ezo! Ngokuqinisekileyo, unokucinga ukuba yenye yezo zincomo ozikhuphayo ngenxa yokuba kukho into embi kakhulu ukhwaza ngokukhawuleza, NDIYAYITHANDA LE PERM !!! Kodwa emathanjeni am, ndandiyiva inyaniso yakhe. Kwadlula into phakathi kwethu, ibhoti yombane isuka kuye isiya kum endiqinisekisa ukuba le nto ndiyenzayo, nokuba incinci kangakanani na, yayisisenzo esincinane soguqulo.
Oko kwakutshoyo, imini yonke yayingenangxaki. Ngaphandle kweeveki ezimbalwa ezithandekayo zeCrocs! Ukukhwaza kwabo osebenza nabo, kwakungekho balks okanye amehlo. Xa ndazama ukuya eSoho ukuya kubulala ixesha elithile ngaphambi kwesidlo sangokuhlwa, akukho lutsha lubonakala lundikhomba luze lundihleke. Kwaye xa imvula yayisina njengoko ndandihamba ngokukhawuleza ukuya kwindawo yokutyela ye-pizza yokutya, ingqondo yam yahlala iqinile njengoko izihlangu zam zerabha zahlala zingachatshazelwa sisiphango. Ewe, zatswina ezinyaweni zam, kodwa ngokungafaniyo nehempe yam ye-TJ Maxx kunye nejini ye-Everlane, zoma ngokukhawuleza okumangalisayo.
hayi katzuLwesibini
Ndiziva ndinethemba ngakumbi, ndagqiba kwelokuba ndiye kuyo ngokwenene. Ndibhanqe eyona peri imnandi yam (ibonisa iqonga lomnyama elinomtsalane) kunye nelokhwe edlamkileyo endiyithenge ku-Instagram. Isinxibo sasifundeka ngolu hlobo: Inyanga emva kwexesha kunye nedola mfutshane kwi-Pride.
Endleleni yam eya emsebenzini, ndafowunela umhlobo wam ohlala kwaSirayeli ndaza ndamxelela ngalo mfuniselo. Uphendule wathi, Uyakhumbula xa wonke umntu wayenxibe iiCrocs ezifanayo kwiofisi yootata bethu? Ndiye ndahleka, ndizibambe ngeyona ndlela ibuhlungu. Ideja Vu. Ndikhe ndalapha ngaphambili. Yayindim lowo . I sele ndiyenzile lento kaCrocs, ndambombozela.
Akukho mfanekiso: iiCrocs. Ifoto ngu: Becca FeldEmuva ngo-2006 (kwakhona unyaka endakama ngawo wonke icandelo leenwele zam kwibunzi lam eligcwele amaqhakuva ngokungathi licala elingenamsebenzi) ndasebenza kwindawo katata yokuziqhelanisa namazinyo ehlotyeni. Andiqinisekanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba kutheni-mhlawumbi iindawo zememori zisacinezelwa-kodwa ndiyenzile injongo yam ukuba wonke umntu oseofisini anxibe iiCrocs ezimdaka. Ngaphandle kwalo naluphi na uphando, ndathengisa imbono kubawo ndithembisa, Ukuba ufumana igazi kubo unokuthi ngokusisiseko ubafunxe ebhafini yeblitshi. Kwaye kulapho ndafumana ipere yam yokuqala yeeCrocs.
Ewe, umhlobo wam uthe, andithandi, ukufumana olu 'lingo' lumangalisa. Ndivakalelwa kukuba uhlala useCrocs.
Ndime apho phambi kweSikhululo sasePenn, eyona ndawo imbi, imbi kakhulu kwisiXeko esibukekayo saseNew York, ndaqonda ukuba isambatho esimnyama sehlazo sasindinqande ukuba ndingaziboni ubunyani bam. Ngaphezulu kwezitayile ezihlekisayo endandizithunywe ngabantu bakwaCrocs, ndandinazo ezimbini ngaphezulu izibini zeeCrocs ekhaya: Ezi beige ezishiyekileyo kwiofisi yamazinyo (zisekwimo ecocekileyo, iminyaka eli-13 kamva) kunye nenye ndandiyithengele umyeni wam emva phaya kuba—KWAKUPHINDA—ndandicinga ukuba kuya kuba yinto ehlekisayo! Ukutyhubela iminyaka, ezi zihlangu ziye zaba yinto enqwenelekayo yezihlangu kwikhaya lethu ukuhamba kwezinja, ukunkcenkceshela izityalo, ukuthengwa kwephepha lezindlu zangasese ezingxamisekileyo, njl.
Bendidlala ngabani? Ndiyi-Croc-head (qhakamshelana negqwetha lam lophawu, elo binzana lelam).
Dara KatzuLwesithathu
Kule ndawo yokwamkelwa ngokugqibeleleyo, ndigqibe kwelokuba ndenze iiCrocs zam zizive njengeFashoni. Ngomphezulu wam omtsha we-Scotch kunye ne-Soda eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (ithengiwe kwintengiso, i-duh), i-Mignonne Gavigan amacici eentyatyambo kunye ne-Everlane jeans, ndandinxibe eyona nto ikhangeleka ihlekisayo kuzo zonke i-Crocs-i-Jibbitz-egqunywe ngegama lam, i-taco, inja eshushu kunye. ezinye ezininzi, uh, izibizo, zibhalwe ngaphaya komphezulu.
Dara KatzYintoni iJibbitz, uyabuza? Ihlala ibhideka kunye ne-giblets, amalungu atyiwayo enkukhu, iJibbitz ngamakhubalo onokuthi uwabambe emingxunyeni yeeCrocs zakho njengendlela yokwenza ngokwezifiso. Ziyi-whimsical ngokupheleleyo, zisile kwaye, oh, zafunyanwa yi-Crocs Inc. ngo-2006 nge-cool, casual $ 10 yezigidi.
Ngeli xesha, abantu eofisini babethetha izinto ezinje, Yima, ndifuna iperi yabo! kunye nesinxibo esikhulu! Xa ndibuzwa ukuba lihamba njani ilinge lam, ndaphendula ngokunyaniseka:
Iyamangalisa.
Andizange ndifumane ingxelo eyakhayo kuphela kwiimpuphu zam (enkosi kakhulu, Mnu. Gunn), kodwa nomzimba wam ubuphendula kakuhle. Ndihlala ndiqaqanjelwa kakhulu ziinyawo ezibangelwa ziinyawo zam ezithe tyaba. Nangona ndihlala ndinxiba ama-sneakers emsebenzini (ndithande i-Air Max 97s), ibhokisi ye-toe encinci ye-Nikes yam endiyithandayo ivunguza isenza imeko yam ibe yimbi, ibangela intlungu engaphezulu kunye nedolo.
Ngalo lonke ixesha lam lokugqoka iiCrocs, kunye nokuhamba umyinge wamanyathelo angama-10,000 ngosuku, ngokwenene ndaziva ngathi ndihamba phezu kwamafu. Yi hayi I-hyperbole xa ndisithi iinyawo zam azizange zibe buhlungu kanye kwaye idolo lam alizange libe buhlungu kwaphela. Ubugqi? Hayi, umlingo weCrocs, ukuba uyandibuza.
Dara KatzuLwesine
NgoLwesine, ndaziva ngathi ndimtsha. Dara Crocs Katz. Ngaphandle kokucinga kabini, ndadibanisa i-tie-dayi eqaqambileyo kakhulu kunye ne-blouse ende kunye ne-jean shorts ukubonisa ngokwenene isihlangu. Ukujonga ngokubanzi kufundeka: Umcebisi Wenkampu Uthatha Umsebenzi waseOfisini. Ndaziva ndilula, ndibethwa ngumoya kwaye ndandingekho entlokweni yam ngayo nantoni na.
Le meko yengqondo iye yabangela ukuba ibe luncedo ngakumbi xa Ushicilelo lwangaphakathi ndasongwa yi-ofisi yam ukuze ndixoxisane nam. Owu, kunjalo, ke iVeki yeCrocs nayo yenzeka ukuba ihambelane nayo Umyeni wam ufumene iVeki yeBurger engaphakathi-N-Out , Iposi ye-Instagram yentsholongwane eyenza ngokumangalisayo iindaba zelizwe kwaye yandikhokelela kwithuba elikhethekileyo lokumela uluntu lweCrocs kumabonwakude kazwelonke. Yayiliwonga ukunxiba esona sihlangu, sikhululekileyo sakha sabotshelelwa kunye kwiplastiki yobunini kumboniso oqaqambisa ukusweleka kweJet Ski. Ngelishwa, i Ushicilelo lwangaphakathi abahleli ekugqibeleni basika yonke into endiyithethileyo, ngoko ke ndivele kumabonwakude ndijonge njengomfazi oxhasa ngokwenene. Ndicinga ukuba ikhamera ayihambi kwiiCrocs zam kube kanye, ndiyazi entliziyweni yam ukuba babekhona bexhasa iinyawo zam njengoko nam, ndixhasa umyeni wam ofumana ihamburger.
uLwesihlanu
Xa ndicwangcisa olu lingelo, ndalibala ngokupheleleyo ukuba kwakuza kufuneka ndizinxibe ngelixa ndisiya emtshatweni eSt. Ngentloko yam kwilifu leCrocs, ndabuza umyeni wam ukuba wayecinga ukuba ndinganxiba iiCrocs kwisidlo sangokuhlwa sokuziqhelanisa, ndilindele ukuba impendulo ibe ngu-'ewe.' Kodwa inkangeleko yokuphoxeka emehlweni akhe yayisithi: Ndiyithathele kude le nto kaCrocs. NjengoIcarus kunye nelanga, ukuzisa iCrocs kwimisebenzi yomtshato kuya kuba sisiphelo sam.
Kodwa emva koko wathi, Kulungile, ngaphandle kokuba unxibe ezona zeqonga lomnyama.
Emva kokuqwalasela ngenyameko, ndenjenjalo hayi gqiba unxibe naluphi na uhlobo lweCroc kwiminyhadala yempelaveki yomtshato kuba andikhange ndibe nabuganga bokonakalisa umtshato ongcwele womnye umntu ngokukhetha kwam izihlangu.
Ndayinxiba, nangona kunjalo, ingubo yam ye-pastel tie-dye kwinqwelomoya. Mfundi, ukuba ukhe ulibale ukufaka imeko yakho ye-TSA yokujonga kwangaphambili kwitikiti lakho kwaye kufuneka ukhulule izihlangu zakho, iiCrocs zikumgangatho wegolide.
Ukuqukumbela
Mhlawumbi indlela yam yolu vavanyo yayingagqibelelanga, kodwa iziphumo zam azinakuphikiswa: IiCrocs zezona zihlangu zibalaseleyo. Ziyimpoxo. Ziyonwabisa. Bakhululekile. Unokuzihombisa ukuba uziva uthanda. Ungazilahla kwi-emele yeblitshi (kwakhona, ndisenokuba ndiyayenza le nto) ukuba ufumana igazi kuzo.
Ukuphila kusenokuba kukubandezeleka, ukanti noCrocs, ndiye ndafumana inguqu yokwenyani yobomi. Bekutheni ze ndivinjwe ziintlungu zonyawo ngelixesha lifutshane ndilapha emhlabeni xa ndingatsho Ewe ukuthuthuzela! Ewe kulonwabo! Ewe eCroslite!!!! Kutheni uthi hayi kuJibbitz xa ndinokuthi, 'Ndinike i-10 yezigidi zeedola?!?!'
Xa u-Nietzsche wabhala ngombono wokuthanda ikamva lakho nokuba lilungile, libi okanye libi, andikwazi kuzibamba kodwa ndicinga ukuba isithandi sobulumko sabona kwangaphambili ukuyilwa kobukumkani bezihlangu ze-foam kwaye kwabhalwa:
Ndifuna ukufunda ngakumbi nangakumbi ukubona njengento entle into efunekayo kwizinto; nditsho ndibe ngomnye wabo benza izinto zibe ntle. Amor fati: mayibe sithandwa sam eso! Andifuni kulwa imfazwe noko kubi.
Ukuthanda into hayi ngenxa yobuhle bayo kodwa ngenxa yobubi bayo kukuthanda iiCrocs. Ikamva lam libotshelelwe kwisihlangu serabha, kwaye andizange ndonwabe ngakumbi ukuba ndisaphila.
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