Oka b.’s molded plastic shoes are for women who want footwear they can hose off, but who prefer something a step up from flip-flops.
They are a grown-up version of the “jellies” kids wore in the ’80s: colorful, comfortable, hose-downable and kick-offable (that last especially important at security checkpoints). And God knows they’re better-looking than those clunky, clownish Crocs.
But when I strolled through the newsroom wearing my crocodile-embossed navy blue plastic mules with big grosgrain bows, the reaction from colleagues was, um, mixed.
Christina: “Yikes.”
Curt: “Those are … interesting.”
Marty: “Oh my gosh.”
Twila: “Maybe if the bows were a little smaller.”
Suzanne: “They seem a little ‘old lady.”‘
Belle: “Why are you wearing those?”
OK, the reaction was downright hostile. Although these shoes with their anatomically correct footbeds are comfortable, bacteria-resistant, machine washable, durable and slip-resistant, they just don’t pass the style test.
$25 to $30 a pair, – The Washington Post
