Ini pakutanga ndakauya nepfungwa yekupfeka maCrocs kwese kwevhiki-basa, kudya kwemanheru, gym-nekuti ndaifunga kuti zvaizonakidza. Nekuti, zvakanaka, iwo maCrocs.
Kune vasina kudzidza, maCrocs machira akagadzirwa nefuro remuridzi anonzi Croslite, izvo zvinoita kuti ive yakasarudzika, yakasimba uye chimwe chinhu chausingazomboda chero munhu anogona kupfuura senhengo yakakandwa. Euphoria kukubata wakapfeka. Vachitaura nezvechimiro chavo chinotyisa, Tim Gunn (izwi rekufunga mumafashoni) akambotaura kuti Croc yakafanana nepurasitiki mahwanda .
Semunhu asina kana pedyo nekutamba mumakwikwi makuru evagadziri vakanaka pakati pevamwe Sammy Sosas chaivo (ndiregerereiwo, ndakamira kutevera baseball muna 2002), ndakafunga kuti zvingadaro. zvakadzama zvinosekesa kupuruzira pauriri hwemabhura hwechivakwa changu, kutsvedzerera murevheti padivi peshangu dzechirimo dzakatsiga neshangu dzakapfava, dzemazuva ano, uye ndichifamba nemumakoridho, ndichikweshana mapendekete nevamwe vangu vane fashoni ndichipfeka sartorial yakaenzana neshangu dze clown.
Iwe unoona, Croc inongova shangu yakazvininipisa kana iri mubindu, hofisi yechiremba kana nzvimbo yekutamba yevana. Asi yakasanganiswa padyo neFashoni-ndiyo Anna Wintour vhezheni yezwi, ine inotyisa capital F-iyo isingazvidzi Croc inova inotyisa, ichikanda mumvuri wekushata papasi rakaitenderedza. Fungidzira Daniel Day-Lewis se Phantom Thread Reynolds Woodcock muimba yake yetaundi reLondon. Ndi1953, uye akapfeka sutu yakanaka. Akamira mu studio yake, tsono mumuromo, akatarisa pamupendero wenguwo yechinyakare yemvere dzemakushe kuti ipfekwe neinoyevedza debutante. Chiedza chisina simba chechando chinodururwa kubva kumahwindo uye chinopararira zvinyoronyoro kuburikidza nemadhiraini anonamira.
Zvino, pasi. Ari muCrocs.
Crocs kurwisa runako. Uye chii chinokosha kupfuura runako munguva ino pfupi yatinayo panyika? Chokwadi, chirevo changu chekutanga chekuyedza ichi chakakurudzirwa nekuseka, asi zvaive zvechokwadi born uye akura kubva mukutenda kwangu-kana zvandaifunga kuti ndizvo zvandaitenda-kuti maCrocs ndiwo anopikisa runako. Uye naizvozvo, dzinofanira kuva dzakaipa. Rudyi?
Zvakanaka, ngatitarisei.
Kugadzirira
Kuunza iyi kuyedza kuve mhenyu, vanhu vakanaka kuCrocs vakanditumira mapeya mana eshangu dzavo dzakakurumbira: Crocband™ Platform Rainbow Clog (), maviri classic tie-dye masitayera () uye imwe Jibbitz yakashongedzwa peya Classic white Crocs (). Ndokumbira uve nemoyo murefu, isu tichasvika kune iyo Jibbitz chinhu gare gare. Zvinofanira kucherechedzwa kuti ndaida izvi bhasikoro Crocs inotengeswa chete paBarneys New York , asi hupenyu hune hutsinye uye vaive vasipo.
Zvino, nyaya yekupisa kwezhizha, kufamba kwepasi pevhu uye shangu dzerubha dzakauya kazhinji mukukurukurirana pandakataura nezvechirongwa ichi kushamwari nemhuri. Nekuda kwekuti tsoka dzangu dzinobuda dikita, ndakavatsanangurira, ndaizopfeka sokisi remakumbo neCroc panguva yekufamba, ndozobvisa said ankle sock kamwe kuhofisi yangu. Ndichifunga nezve izvi izvozvi, zvinoyevedza ndaifunga kuti kubvisa masokisi angu kwaizoita kuti sarudzo yefashoni iwedzere kudzikinurwa. Chandaizouya kuzodzidza ndechekuti hapana rudzikinuro kana wanyura munyika ine rubbery yeCrocs.
The Hypothesis
Kupfeka Crocs kwese kwese kuchave kunonakidza nekuti maCrocs akashata shangu. Saka, hapana chandingadzidza nezvangu, asi ndichatora mifananidzo inonakidza.
The Experiment
dara katzMuvhuro
Handinganyepe, pazuva rekutanga ndaitya kupfeka maCrocs kuhofisi uye kudzima zvachose mukurumbira wangu nevandinoshanda navo, saka ndakaenda neimwe yemapeya angu akajeka: pastel tie-dye vhezheni. Kuenda nekakusatarisa-handioneki-ndakapfeka-Crocs-kubasa, ndakavabatanidza nekasual shirt yandakabata kubva kuna TJ Maxx nejean reEverlane randinopfeka. chaizvoizvo mazuva ose.
Pane imwe nguva ndiri muchivako changu chehofisi choumbozha, sezvinobvumwa ndakanzwa ndichizvifunga zvikuru kupfuura nguva dzose. Senge ndaiita chiseko chero munhu aiedza kupfeka zvakanaka kubasa. Pandakapinda muelevator muine mumwe mukadzi mumwe chete wandaisaziva, hana yangu yakatanga kurova. Ndakaita seainditarisa. Uye zvakaitika kuti akanga ari. Asi zvakandishamisa, akati, Idzo dzinonakidza kwazvo! Chokwadi, iwe unogona kunge uchifunga kuti ndeimwe yerumbidzo iwe yaunoburitsa nekuti chimwe chinhu chakavanzika iwe unosheedzera uchipopota, NDINODA IYO PERM !!! Asi mumapfupa angu, ndakanzwa chokwadi chake. Pane chinhu chakapfuura pakati pedu, bhaudhi duku remagetsi richibva kwaari richiuya kwandiri richindivimbisa kuti zvandaiita, pasinei nokuti chiduku sei, chakanga chiri chiito chiduku chokumukira.
Zvakadaro, zuva rose rakange risina kuitika. Kunze kwemavhiki mashoma anodiwa eCrocs! mhere-mhere kubva kune vaunoshanda navo, pakanga pasina mabhaki kana maziso. Pandakaenda kuSoho kunouraya nguva yakati tisati tadya, hapana pwere dzakaoneka dzakanongedza nokundiseka. Uye payakanaya pandaimhanya-famba kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo yekudyira yepizza kunodya, hungwaru hwangu hwakaramba hwakamira sezvo shangu dzangu dzerabha dzakaramba dzisina kukanganiswa nedutu. Ehe, dzakandipuruzira tsoka dzangu, asi kusiyana nehembe yangu yeTJ Maxx neEverlane jeans, dzakaoma nekukurumidza zvinoshamisa.
dara katzChipiri
Ndichinzwa kuzvivimba zvishoma, ndakasarudza kuenda chaizvoizvo. Ndakabatanidza vaviri vangu vanonakidza (vanoratidzira inoyevedza murarabungu chikuva) nerokwe rinoyevedza randakatenga kubva pa Instagram. Chipfeko chaiti: Mwedzi wanonoka uye dhora rakapfupika kuPride.
Ndichienda kubasa, ndakafonera shamwari yangu inogara kuIsrael ndikamuudza nezvekuedza kwacho. Akapindura, Rangarira apo vanhu vese vaipfeka maCroc mamwe chete kuhofisi yababa vedu? Ndakaseka hangu ndichizvibata neshungu. Déjà vu. Ndakanga ndiri pano kare. Ndini uyo . I ndatoita zvemaCrocs, ndakashinyira.
Kwete mufananidzo: maCrocs. Mufananidzo na: Becca FeldKudzoka muna 2006 (zvakare gore randakakama chikamu chebvudzi rangu pahuma yangu yakazadzwa nemburu sekunge yaive isina simba side bang) Ndakashanda kubasa kwababa vangu mazino ezhizha. Handina chokwadi chekuti sei-zvichida zvikamu zvendangariro zvichiri kudzvinyirirwa-asi ndakazviita basa rangu rekuita kuti munhu wese ari muhofisi apfeke anotyisa, beige Crocs. Pasina tsvakiridzo ipi neipi, ndakatengesa zano kuna baba vangu ndichivimbisa, Kana ukawana ropa pavari unogona kungovanyudza mubhabhu yebleach. Uye ndipo pandakawana peya yangu yekutanga yeCrocs.
Ehe, shamwari yangu yakati, ini handidi, kuwana iyi 'yedzo' ichishamisa. Ndinonzwa sekunge iwe unogara uri muCrocs.
Ndakamira ipapo pamberi pePenn Station, iyo yakaipisisa, nzvimbo yakashata muNew York City yakaisvonaka, ndakaona kuti chipfeko chitema chenyadzi chakanga chanditadzisa kuzviona ini pachangu. Pamusoro pemaitiro anonakidza andakange ndatumirwa nevanhu veCrocs, ndaive nawo mamwe maviri vaviri veCrocs kumba: Idzo beige dzakasara kubva kuhofisi yemazino (ichiri muchimiro chakajeka, makore gumi nematatu gare gare) uye imwe yandakatengera murume wangu kumashure apo nekuti- KAMWE ZVAKARE-ndakafunga kuti zvaizosetsa! Kwemakore, shangu idzi dzave chinhu chinoshuviwa zvakanyanya cheshangu mumba medu yekufamba imbwa, kudiridza chirimwa, kukurumidza kutenga mapepa echimbuzi, nezvimwe.
Ko ndaive ndaita zvekutamba nani? Ndiri Croc-head (bata gweta rangu rekutengesa, iwo mutsara ndewangu).
Dara KatzChitatu
Mumusoro uyu wekugamuchirwa kwakanyanya, ndakafunga kuita kuti maCrocs angu anzwe seFashoni. Ne yangu itsva Scotch uye Soda blue top (yakatengwa pakutengesa, duh), Mignonne Gavigan mhete dzemaruva uye Everlane jeans, ndaipfeka kutarisa kunonyadzisa kweCrocs yose-iyo Jibbitz-yakavharwa nezita rangu, taco, imbwa inopisa uye mamwe akawanda, uh, mazita, akanyorwa nechepamusoro.
Dara KatzChii chinonzi Jibbitz, iwe unobvunza? Kazhinji kuvhiringwa nemagiblets, nhengo dzinodyiwa dzehuku, Jibbitz mazango aunogona kunamatira mumakomba eCrocs yako senzira yekugadzirisa. Idzo dzinotyisa, dzakapusa uye, oh, dzakatorwa neCrocs Inc. muna 2006 nokuda kwe $ 10 miriyoni inotonhorera.
Panguva iyi, vanhu muhofisi vakanga vachitaura zvinhu zvakadai, Mira, ndinoda vaviri ivavo! uye Chipfeko chikuru! Pandakabvunzwa kuti kuedza kwangu kwaifamba sei, ndakapindura nokutendeseka:
Zvinoshamisa.
Kwete chete ndakanga ndichiwana mhinduro yakanaka pamahwanda angu (maita basa zvikuru, VaGunn), asi muviri wangu wakanga uchipindurawo zvakanaka. Ini ndinowanzo rwadziwa zvakanyanya netsoka zvichikonzerwa netsoka dzangu dzakasimba. Kunyange zvazvo ini kazhinji ndichipfeka sneakers kuti ndishande (ndide ini imwe Air Max 97s), bhokisi rakamanikana rezvigunwe zvewandinoda Nikes mhepo rinoita kuti mamiriro angu awedzere, zvichiita kuti tsoka dzakawanda uye marwadzo emabvi.
Munguva yangu yose ndakapfeka Crocs, uye kufamba avhareji yematanho e10,000 pazuva, ndainyatsonzwa senge ndiri kufamba pamusoro pemakore. Ndizvo kwete hyperbole pandinoti tsoka dzangu hadzina kurwadza kamwe chete uye ibvi rangu harina kurwadza zvachose. Mashiripiti? Kwete, mashiripiti eCrocs chete, kana iwe ukandibvunza.
Dara KatzChina
Pakasvika China, ndakanzwa sendava mutsva. Dara Crocs Katz. Pasina kufunga kaviri, ndakabatanidza yakanyatsojeka tie-dye style ne blouse refu uye jean shorts kuti ndinyatsoratidza shangu. Chitarisiko chese chakaverengwa: Camp Counselor Anotora Basa remuhofisi. Ndainzwa kurerukirwa, kufefeterwa uye ndakanga ndisiri mumusoro mangu nezvechimwe chinhu.
Ichi chimiro chepfungwa chakaguma chichibatsira zvakanyanya apo Mukati Edition akakungurutswa nehofisi yangu kuti andibvunzurudze. Ah, ndizvozvo, saka Crocs Vhiki yakaitikawo kuti ienderane Murume Wangu Akawana In-N-Out Burger Week , Viral Instagram post iyo inoshamisa yakaita nhau dzenyika uye yakanditungamirira kumukana wakasiyana wekumiririra nharaunda yeCrocs paterevhizheni yenyika. Yaive rukudzo kupfeka shangu yakanakisa, yakagadzika yakambobatanidzwa kubva mupurasitiki yevaridzi pachiratidziro chinonyanya kuratidza kufa kweJet Ski. Zvinosuruvarisa, iyo Mukati Edition vapepeti vakazocheka zvese zvandaitaura, saka ndakangoonekwa paTV ndichiita semudzimai anotsigira chaizvo. Ndakafunga kuti kamera haina kukwira kuCrocs yangu kamwe chete, ndinoziva mumoyo mangu kuti vaivepo vachitsigira tsoka dzangu sezvo iniwo, ndakatsigira murume wangu wekutsvaka hamburger.
Chishanu
Pakuronga kuedza uku, ndakakanganwa zvachose kuti ndaizofanira kudzipfeka pandaienda kumuchato muSt. Nemusoro wangu uri mugore reCrocs, ndakabvunza murume wangu kana aifunga kuti ndaigona kupfeka Crocs pakudya kwemanheru okudzokorora, ndichitarisira mhinduro kuva 'hungu' yakasimba. Asi chitarisiko chekuodzwa mwoyo mumaziso ake chakabva changotaura: Ndakanga ndatora chinhu ichi cheCrocs kureba. SaIcarus nezuva, kuunza Crocs kumabasa emuchato kwaizova kuguma kwangu.
Asi akabva ati, Zvakanaka, kunze kwekunge wapfeka epuratifomu yemuraraungu.
Pashure pokunyatsofungisisa, ndakazviita kwete simuka uchipfeka chero chimiro cheCroc kune zviitiko zvevhiki yemuchato nekuti ini handina kushinga kuparadza imba tsvene yemumwe munhu nesarudzo yangu yeshangu.
Zvisinei, ndakapfeka mbatya dzangu dzepastel tie-dye mundege. Muverengi, kana ukambokanganwa kuisa yako TSA precheck mamiriro patikiti rako uye unofanirwa kubvisa shangu dzako, maCrocs ndiyo chiyero chegoridhe.
Mhedziso
Zvichida maitiro angu ekuedza uku anga asina kukwana, asi zvandakawana hazvigoneke: Crocs ndiyo shangu yakanakisa zvachose. Vanoita zvenharo. Vanonakidza. Vakasununguka. Iwe unogona kuzvishongedza kana iwe uchinzwa uchida. Unogona kuzvikanda mubhakiti rebleach (zvakare, ndinogona kunge ndichigadzira izvi) kana ukawana ropa pazviri.
Kurarama kungave kutambura, uye zvakadaro naCrocs, ndakawana shanduko yechokwadi yehupenyu. Ko ndaigotadziswei nekurwadziwa netsoka mukati menguva diki diki iyi panyika ndingati Ehe kunyaradza! Ehe kunakidzwa! Ehe kuCroslite!!!! Sei uchiramba kuna Jibbitz ini ndinogona kuti, 'Ndipe mamiriyoni inokosha?!?!'
Nietzsche paakanyora nezve pfungwa yekuda kuguma kwako kungave kwakanaka, kwakaipa kana kushata, handigone kuita asi kufunga muzivi akafanoona kusikwa kwehumambo hweshangu dzefoam uye akanyora:
Ndinoda kudzidza zvakawanda uye kuona sezvakanaka izvo zvinodiwa muzvinhu; ipapo ndichava mumwe wevanoshongedza zvinhu. Amor fati: ngaive mudiwa wangu kubva zvino! Handidi kurwa nezvakaipa.
Kuda chimwe chinhu kwete nekuda kwerunako rwacho asi nekushata kwayo kudanana nemaCrocs. Zvandichasangana nazvo zvave zvakasungirirwa pabhutsu yerabha, uye handisati ndambonzwa kufara kuva mupenyu.
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