Ugg-ly Boots
Posted on October 26, 2003 by Ching under Life, Wishlist.
I got me some fake sheepskin boots last week. Brian hates them and thinks that they’re ugly. That’s what I thought at first when I saw Drew Barrymore sporting them in various magazine photos last year but, to tell you the truth, they’ve grown on me. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that all of the most fashionable celebrities are wearing them. True to form, I got myself a pair because, frankly, I’m a celebrity in my own right!
“But they’re so ugly!” is Brian’s initial reaction.Â
“When you see them on me, you will love them! I promise,” I reply. “They’ll have to grow on me, I guess.” Whatever. Guys are so clueless! I told Brian, in about six months to a year when everyone else starts wearing them I will be able to tell him “I told you so.”
“If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it?” Umm, probably not — unless there’s a bungee cord attached to my ankle. Besides, they’re just boots. What’s the harm in that?
What’s so funny is, I pointed them out to Misty a while back. One of her magazines showed a picture of Kirsten Dunst wearing them. “That can’t be Kirsten Dunst!” she says, “Those are really ugly boots.” “Yes, it is [Kirsten Dunst]! I promise! All of the celebrities are wearing them nowadays.”
Her reaction? “But they’re so ugly!” There goes that word again.
Sometime after Misty goes, “You know, ever since you pointed those boots out to me I started seeing them everywhere in magazines.”
“I told you!” I guess I’m more impressionable than Misty is because she still doesn’t think they’re “wearable.” It’s that ugliness factor.
“I bought some,” I tell her. They’re pretend Ugg boots, though. Mine are made by MIA which I found at Dillard’s for a bargain $69 bucks. “I’ll have to wear them for you.”
Not only are sheepskin boots ugly but they’re kind of pricey as well. You don’t see cheap and Ugg in the same sentence. And no one wants to spend a lot of money on ugly boots. We came to the conclusion that Ugg probably got their brand name from the word ugly and laugh about it. It turns out we were right.
Anyway, I thought they were ugly at first but I like them now. I wouldn’t have bought my MIA boots otherwise, duh?!
So I wore them to school and work on Thursday. “They’re actually not bad looking,” Misty says. “They’re cuter than the ones pictured in the magazines.” At first I think she’s just trying to make me feel better about my $70 blunder. But then she goes, “I wonder when Payless will carry them.” And I know it was a compliment.
Feeling brave, I wear them again the next day. Most of the people I encounter don’t know what to make of them but one girl in Stat goes, “Your boots are cute. Don’t let anyone make fun of you.” She was being sincere and I really appreciated it.
Today we went to the mall to return a pair of Unlisted boots that I had bought along with the MIA boots. I had bought them mostly to pacify Brian (because he really hated the MIA boots). Now that I’m totally loving the MIA boots and I’ve found that I’m able to wear them with a lot of outfits, I decide to say goodbye to the more conventional Unlisted boots.
I wore a green, fitted, v-neck sweater from Hollister and my short, pleated skirt from Abercrombie & Fitch. Naturally, or rather defiantly, I wore my MIA boots. Brian had said they wouldn’t work with the outfit and I was trying to prove him wrong.
“So how do you like them? And you said it wouldn’t work. Why don’t you just admit it when you’re wrong?”
“I still don’t like the boots.”
“But don’t they look cute with this outfit?”
“You always look cute baby, no matter what you’re wearing.” I guess I look cute despite my ugly boots. That’s the way I took it anyway.
“Don’t I look like I just stepped out of a catalog?”
“You always look like you just stepped out of a catalog.”
Being fashionable is not a crime. Brian has always wanted me to be more adventurous in my clothing choices but now that he is not very supportive of my so-called ugly boots, I realize that my style is just different. I mean, what can be more courageous and adventurous than wearing boots your husband thinks are ugly?
The most satisfying compliment of all came from this cute girl at Express. Now, she is fashionable. Whenever we go to the Express store, she’s always in something stylish and trendy. I know that they’re encouraged to buy their own merchandise but most of the other girls need fashion help. This girl has found fashion nirvana. Case in point: when we first noticed her, she was wearing a black skirt, the lace corset top (a $68 splurge that I relented to after much pressure from Brian — he really liked it — I wouldn’t have relented but it was perfect for the occasion — I wore it on our anniversary date) and a flower choker. A flower choker! Trust me, not many people have the guts to or can get away with wearing such an accessory!
“Cute outfit. And you’re wearing J.LO boots. I love your J.LO boots.”
If I needed any kind of affirmation (which I don’t because I’m truly loving my boots) on whether or not the boots are a keeper, that was it right there. I love them because the totally clueless and unfashionable just stare at you and the truly fashionable give you their nod of approval. In a town like Wichita, which might as well be Bedrock and where you can count the number of fashionable people with the digits on your hands and feet, you get more stares than kudos.
I’m definitely the only one brave enough to sport these boots around town. Perhaps there are others like me but I’ve yet to run into them.
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