Questions were bountiful as Balenciaga debuted a 10-centimeter platform Croc at Paris Fashion Week. Should we be feeling outrage? Are we just “not getting” fashion? Is there even anything “to get”? Is Balenciaga trolling us all? When it comes to footwear, is low-brow the new high-brow? And most importantly, are these jawns waterproof?
The Spring 2018 collection features the iconic “Foam” Croc, but as a platform, and in pink, green, beige, and yellow. The shoe has divided the Internet. Footwear hasn’t polarized the world this hard since the appearance of those weird toe-sock-running things, and understandably so. I, for one, am mystified by my own feelings surrounding this abomination/gift to the world. So was Twitter.
Soooo how do we feel about Balenciaga's platform crocs? #Balenciaga pic.twitter.com/sw9kuQg5P1
— Sarah Mendelsohn (@ahitofsarah) October 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/uppereastxanax/status/914473675398754306
i feel offended
— 𝖘𝖞𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖞 𝖌𝖔𝖗𝖊 (@sydegee) October 1, 2017
What's uglier than a croc? A platform croc, at Balenciaga pic.twitter.com/0c9vuRVzG9
— Alexander Fury (@AlexanderFury) October 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/Rachel__Ray/status/914770277380296704
Others were sort of into it.
I need balenciaga crocs
— Alex 🪐 (@alexx_jazmin) October 2, 2017
no one yell at me but, i kinda think the balenciaga platform crocs are cute
— jessica (@h4ppynfree) October 2, 2017
Some were simply honored to witness this gardening-meets-Lisa-Frank-vibes-meets-90s-platform creation.
https://twitter.com/evvilegg/status/914529214266720256
balenciaga platform crocs is a new level of irony couture
— ✶ (@halalmojito) October 2, 2017