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It has been a big strain for The Green Man to be serious for a whole week. What is needed now is a bit of complete frivolousness and what better than to turn The Green Man's attention to the sacred cow that is haute couteur. (Damn is that how you spell it. I can't be bothered looking it up. It is good enough for this post.)
It seems that a fashion statement that has been going strong in Australia since the 1970's has suddenly attained fashion icon status across the pacific thanks to an airing on the Oprah Winfrey show. The humble ugg boot as made it at last.
The ones in the picture don't do ugg boots justice really. They need to be slobbed around in for a year or two by which time the heel area begins to collapse and they attain their more recognisable shape.
Ugg boots are sort of daggy prerequisite for Australian citizenship. The Green Man understands that new Australian citizens, after they have taken the oath, are handed a pair, along with a cootamundra wattle seedling to plant in the back yard. Now it seems anybody who's anybody wants a pair. Reuters reports that Serena Williams, who is out here for the Australian Open, has specified that the chilled water flown in from the southern alps is to be delivered to her suite by bronzed Aussie surfer boys clad in not much more than the afore mentioned uggs. (Well actually she just ordered the uggs, but what sort of story is that?)
Australia has many gifts that it could share with the world but the quintessential dagginess of the ugg boot has to put it right up near the top of the list.
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Posted by: Gail/Drama at January 19, 2004 06:34 AMYou may have already heard this on a dismal current affairs program - but apparently "Ugg" has been trademarked by some American company, including in Australia, so you'd better look out. They are going to mass produce boots in China and sell them to the world.
Posted by: Luke at January 21, 2004 01:18 AMUS Lawyers. What do they want next? I wear my long ugg boots all the time. Daggy for men or not, they're so cool and comfortable to wear.
Posted by: johnno at February 5, 2004 01:45 PMWhat a sad state of affairs. As a US citizen I'm appalled! This has been a pretty nice place to live until lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union instilled a litigious compulsion in younger Amereicans. (Stumble on my stairway, retire for life) I was introduced to Ugs on a business trip to Australia 13 years ago. They were REAL, no decorative patches or fabric binding around the top. They're worn out but I haven't the heart to throw them away.
If I were 50 years younger I'd immigrate to Australia, if you'd have me.
Dick Reilly
St. Paul, Minnesota USA
Posted by: Richard Reilly at February 19, 2004 03:20 AMYou are doing a wonderful thing here on the Internet. I think that your site is very interesting for ugg boots owners. Good job!
It is a terrible thing that an American conglomerate can monololise a product by registering/tradmarking what is considered in Australia to be a generic name, to stop the little Aussie battler attempting to make an honest living. I am an age pensioner attempting to make my old age a little brighter. I love my uggs and sharing my site with as many who are able to find it. The American company has created so many affiliate sites that they take up several of Googles front pages. We little people do not have much chance of success.
Maureen
Ugg boots rock!
Posted by: Jack at July 28, 2007 03:23 PM
Stumble It!