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phoebe caulfield · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 31 Location: Bilkent, Ankara

do people wear Crocs in Turkey?

Listener · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 140 Location: Istanbul

I just saw some in a pharmacy up the hill from me, but i am guessing that they wear em as house slippers or on the beach...

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

What are they? Shocked

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Like justme I am in a state of ignorance at to these articles of fashion. What do you do with them ?

Can I live without them ? Until persuaded to the contrary I will continue to get by without these expensive (?) accoutrements.

yaramaz · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:55 am Post subject:

I had no idea either so googled them and got these:

Are these the ones?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I have reached the age of 60 without even seeing these. I will get by without them I think.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

But the pink ones would suit you so well Scot.

MEDRACER · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 57

"Bootleg Crox" barrowmen were out on Istiklal months ago. Where have u been? They havent quite got into the jibbitz side of it yet...perhaps we should be thankful, given the election. Can u imagine AK Party shoe gems and the like? Anyway, Phoebe, what jibbit would you crave? Here's one I made earlier: its a dragonfly, u know...

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

Pieces of old car tire strapped to the feet look better ... and last longer I should imagine ...

How much do people pay for these crocs ...

Listener · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 140 Location: Istanbul

In America the real ones were pricy, like 30 bucks. But the knockoffs at target were around 9.99...

How about in Turkey?

The originals are made somewhere in Europe, by the way. Probably why they are so expensive in the US....

phoebe caulfield · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 31 Location: Bilkent, Ankara

I agree they are hideous... HOWEVER, I tried them on one day last week (at the insistance of my cousin who is a professional swimmer) and found them to be the most comfortable shoe I have ever tried on. I bought a pair for $35 Canadian. I am bringing them with me to Ankara, even though I might be ostracized from the "cool" crowds.
Everybody wears them here (in Toronto).

phoebe caulfield · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 31 Location: Bilkent, Ankara

oh, and they were created in the US, not in Europe.

Listener · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 140 Location: Istanbul

are you sure? My husband looked at the little tag somewhere and mentioned that they were made somewhere in europe... I didn't look myself but my husband is almost never wrong...

unfortunately....

Rolling Eyes

yaramaz · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

I googled our crocs again and it seems they are from boulder, colorado--- http://www.crocs.com/company/history/.

Maybe for some strange reason that goes against all economically sound production reasoning, they have them made in Europe instead of some sweatshop in SE Asia.

They look comfy, I must admit.

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

I found this in a Turkish google search, the response came up very rapidly so someone must have trodden (forgive thew pun) the path from here before.

http://shop.crocs.com/c-4-Footwear.aspx?reqid=4&reqProdTypeId=4&subsectionname=footwear

I must admit, they look very versatile and might suit my broad yabanci feet better than the narrow Turkish versions!