Famous People in Clogs
June 22nd, 2006…are rare. I was hoping to start the day with several links to images of famous people in clogs. In my cursory search I could only find one, and that was from a commenter.
To start us off, here’s Tim McGraw in blue Crocs. (Thanks redheaded goddess)
Here’s the image:
CREDIT: JACKSON LEE / ADMEDIA
If you’ve got more, comment below. It would appear the famous are not in the Clog Army. o
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:04 am
http://www.westword.com/Issues/2005-10-13/news/feature_4.html
Although I don’t think Mario Batali helps your case any.
Same goes for Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner?
http://jen-garner.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1379
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:04 am
I’m only famous in my own mind, but I have blue Crocks too and they are my favorite shoes.
Good luck with Project SOC (Save Our Clogs).
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:06 am
We don’t need no stinkin’ famous people in the Clog Army!
They are not worthy.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:07 am
gahh… corrected before i could correct… quick on the draw the mcg… wait scratch that, too corny
i too belong to the clog army, with my lime green flourescent clogs of armyness… keep up the fight brother!
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:09 am
gatorsdepot.com—they are lots of featured pics there.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:10 am
See Jon, that’s why you had trouble. Celebs aren’t wearing them. Tim McGraw obviously has more money than fashion sense. Shoulda called them CROCKS. As in a crock of crappola.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:13 am
I think you’re famous enough to start this. There is no army because there is no general.
Be that general, Jon, and we will follow. I’m going to go chuck my flip flops right now and stand proud with the cloggers!
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:16 am
Well, I don’t know about famous people, but there is a flickr group dedicated to Crocs
http://www.flickr.com/groups/crocs/
Kinda makes it look artsy, which is almost as good as famous, right?
(And yes, I dorked out and submitted a photo of my son’s crocs. Please don’t laugh.)
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:27 am
Hey there! I’m a first time poster - I’ve been reading dooce for over a year now, and I’ve finally had to make an account and post. I have to admit, I normally don’t like the mules (what we call clogs in the midwest) but I’m now considering getting a pair of crocs - at least for intensive walking/standing tasks.
Also, I believe the first time I heard of Crocs, it was seeing Mario Batali and his signature orange clogs (Crocs) on TV. Can’t find a good picture at the moment, but I’ll keep trying!
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 am
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What celeb would risk their reputation by wearing those things!!!! MAYBE Crocs are cute for kids on the beach, but erm, full grown men?
You start the clog army, and I’ll join Dooce’s impending Pink Heel Brigade…
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 am
I can’t believe I’m helping the enemy but,
Donald Faison from Scrubs:
http://www.crocs.com.sg/images/scrub.JPG
Sarah Jessica Parker:
http://tinyurl.com/g3v9m
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:41 am
http://www.mariobatali.com/
Mario Batali is an italian chef with a few shows on the Food Network, and he’s famous for his bright orange clogs that he wears ALL THE TIME.
Good luck on getting your clogs back, but I have a feeling it isn’t going to be easy!
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:44 am
He’s on tv, so he must be famous: Mario Batali!
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/1a/34/0609603000-books-resized200.jpg
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:46 am
Ooh! Look for Julia Roberts! I have seen her in clogs plenty of times.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 am
Also I really can’t stand her and I think hers are ugly, but Heidie Klum designed a few pairs for Birkenstock.
Also quoted from Dansko’s website “Perhaps you aspire to be like celebrities Kim Basinger, Julia Roberts, Rosie O’Donnell, Antonio Banderas and Danny Glover who have discovered the comfortable benefits of these clogs” Woo!
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:03 pm
I bet she hid them in another house. Who would she trust to hide things from you? And have you taken up retaliatory actions? I think a counterstrike is very much needed. The Antique Roadshow is in SLC for the weekend. Maybe you should sneak off and sell something. Then buy new clogs with the money.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Don’t forget the celebrity chefs - the most famous being the orange clog wearing Mario Batali, who can be seen wearing his clogs proudly on 3 of his 6 cookbooks:
http://www.mariobatali.com/cookbook_auth.htm
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:07 pm
A few thoughts in support of the clog brigade:
Clogs are the preferred shoe choice for many professional (celebrity and noncelebrity) chefs. Mario Batali highlights his trademark orange ones on his site (http://www.mariobatali.com/); Michael Ruhlman discusses Thomas Keller’s clogs in his new work, The Reach of a Chef (A snippet: “In the kitchen he wears clogs, the traditional kitchen footwear of chefs and cooks (and also, not insignficantly, of surgeons), primarily for the comfort they give to those who work long hours on their feet. He used to wear showy white clogs, but he long ago switched to the more conservative black leather ones, with a light pale-wood sole, an elegant, clean shoe…)
If they’re good enough for Thomas Keller, that says a lot to me. Perhaps I’ll add clog shopping to this weekend’s to do list…
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Mario Batali from the Food Network wears Orange Crocs all the time!
http://www.italiankitchen.com/mariobatali/background.cfm
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:23 pm
I went to Bonnaroo this past weekend and saw plenty of men wearing Crocs. But I’m not sure a bunch of hippies wearing them help with your case. I’m wearing mine today (yellow) if that helps any! Although, I’m not famous… Good Luck! They are the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:25 pm
In our little tourist town of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, Crocs are becoming the footwear of choice. Seems like every expatriate who comes back from a trip to the States/Canada is wearing them when they come off the plane. And now the local Mexicans are stylin’ too, in knockoff Crocs sold at the downtown market in half a dozen colors.
One local “celebrity,” Killian, the town’s official 3 year old, absolutely loves his Crocs. We were at a birthday party 2 weeks ago and Killian insisted on being naked (now you know why he’s famous). But when someone else showed up in pink Crocs, he rushed to put his on and happily spent the rest of the party naked… in blue Crocs. Anytime someone commented on his nudity, he would point at his feet and say “Shooooooooes!” He was wearing the most important piece of clothing he owned, so why bother with the rest?
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Sorry to say this, but it looks like the magic of photoshop strikes again…. I don’t mind men in clogs though. I just want to know how to get my husband to try them.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:37 pm
This band is called clogs: http://www.clogsmusic.com/ - I bet they would write you a battle march.
And Martha Stewart has some gold ones that looked nice with her house arrest anklet: http://tinyurl.com/ox3bb
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:39 pm
But whatever you do - be sure to make sure this guy doesn’t try to get in the Army: http://tinyurl.com/mgsfw
He just gives the rest of us a bad name.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Has Heather officially registered as an Unonscientious Objector in this debauchery? Seems not, since she instigated the aggression….at least the physical aspect of it all. Hiding clogs could evoke the retaliatory response of hoarding and hiding all chocolate…indefinitely.