'‘Goth Crocs' exist, and social media users don't seem to hate them
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Garbage boy (real name: unknown) released the modified black clogs with chains, studs and spikes on his Etsy store. (Etsy/HeavyCreamStore)
Punk croc isn’t dead.
Crocs, the OG ugly shoe brand beloved by grandmothers and gardeners alike, has gained an unlikely gang of hardcore fans: goths.
New York-based Instagram user @garbage_b0y — who describes himself as an “uninfluential influencer” and “viral foot model” in his bio — is the culprit of this odd orthopedic mashup appropriately dubbed “Goth Crocs.”
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Garbage boy (real name: unknown) released the modified black clogs with chains, studs and spikes on his Etsy store. They run upward of $260. Some foamed styles even have an aggressive single spike protruding from one of the holes.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Weirdly, it appears that many Twitizens are willing to walk on the dark side.
“Don’t care about backlash right now but… I’d totally wear the f--- out of those ‘goth’ crocs,” said one fan.
“I hate myself for admitting this but Goth Crocs are kind of iconic idc idc,” declares a second.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Beto standing on a table naked except for goth crocs,” jokes one user.
“The goth crocs stay on during sex,” proclaims another.
High-fashion Crocs have truly spiked among comfort-obsessed millennials courtesy of designers Christopher Kane and Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga (who had fashionistas clogging around in $850 rubber platforms in 2018).
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}There has also been a high-heeled “Cyprus V” interpretation in 2018 and a unisex “crocsbody” bag from LA-based brand PizzaSlime released this year.
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What a crock of options.
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