Would You Wear These Croc Stilettos?

While I can’t personally say these Croc Stilettos are my style if you’re a fan of the Balenciaga and Croc collaborations… These could be worth the hefty price tag.

According to  2018 Bustle report, The French fashion house just gave a sneak peek of their latest fashion venture on Instagram, where a pair of hot pink, Barbie-esque rubber stilettos were debuted, decorated with a series of pins and brooches to give it some extra flair. The interesting thing about this particular hybrid is that it completely reinvents the rubber sandal. It takes the essence of the utilitarian shoe, but reworks it into a high-fashion silhouette, turning it into an ugly-luxury look.

Balenciaga teased the news with styled shots of the heels.

According to a 2018 Bustle report, the whole Crocs-hybrid trend didn’t start with Balenciaga, though. It was originally done by Christopher Kane in 2016, who sent down a line of Crocs with beautiful gems and mineral stones attached to them. They were whimsical and bohemian, but a lot of fashion lovers were shocked with the collaboration.

When asked by WWD what he thought of how divisive people thought the trend was, he had an interesting response. “Crocs are great, I love them,” he said. “I don’t really care what anyone thinks. I don’t think anyone’s got the right to say right or wrong, unless they’re God, otherwise just shut up.”

It wasn’t a publicity stunt to get people talking about his brand, either. “I knew people were going to react in that way, but it wasn’t about being controversial. The fact is Crocs is a huge successful business on its own, they don’t need me to make them even more successful,” he explained. “Obviously people do like them, and that’s a different customer that I want to grab. I want to include everyone and not be a snob.”

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