I work downtown in a very business(-looking) environment where every day around 9am, people flock to the building, men clad in suits and carrying briefcases and women clad in suits and…Ugg boots.
Now, I’m not against Ugg boots. Not at all. I love my Ugg boots (and my Ugg slippers with the cute paisley pattern) but I do not think ladies should wear Ugg boots into work. It’s as if they think wearing Ugg boots is just as acceptable as wearing tennis shoes into work. Ladies. Neither Ugg boots nor tennis shoes are acceptable for wearing to work.
This is not 1988. You are not Melanie Griffith. You do not commute daily, on foot, from Staten Island to Manhattan. (Although even if you did, I would still mock you for wearing Ugg boots or tennis shoes to work.)
Why yes, that is a DVD copy of Working Girl. How embarrassing. It’s not even a VHS copy, which would make it a little less embarrassing, as then I could argue I bought it in 1988 (when I was, uhh, 5 years old.) Nope, I bought this (awesome! gem of a) movie only a couple years ago.
I think my real issue here is the shoes these women are changing into after they get to work. I can only imagine they are changing into 5-inch stripper shoes (you know the kind, with the clear lucite platform, very classy) because I know I wear some pretty tall big-girl shoes myself and yet I don’t need to wear Uggs. I just suffer, like god intended.
But hey! If you’re not into the big girl shoes, I totally understand. They make plenty of cute, work-appropriate flat shoes for this very purpose. But, if you are into wearing heels, then you should leave the Uggs at home.
Unless you’re changing into 5-inch clear lucite platform stripper shoes, in which case, I would like to shake your hand. You’ve got balls, sister, and one killer sense of style, obv.
hilarious post, my favorite line is the last one “you’ve got balls, sister, and one killer sense of style, obv.” thanks for the laugh, its exactly what I needed.
knocked it out of the park with this one, totally looking like a goober here laughing out loud to myself.
Oh, Melanie. I’ve never seen “Working Girl.” HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? And is it more or less embarrassing if I go rent it…?
I don’t understand that at all. I can support flats on commutes for sure but Uggs and/or sneakers? Girllllll don’t get it twisted.
I have to say I agree with this post 100%…but only depending on where you live. If you have a car and drive to work, put away the comfort shoes. But when I lived in NYC and was walking a mile to a subway and another 7 city blocks IN SNOW to get to work, you better believe I had snow shoes on. Likes, shoes that were waterproof and had rubber soles so I didn’t slip. Heels are very dangerous in snow and ice – especially ice storms and frozen rain. But as soon as I’d get in the office, I’d change in to my 3 inch heels. We had a locker room right as you walk in to the building so you could change out of your commute outfit. But I NEVER wore Uggs to work. That’s tacky.
I have a secret pair of Crocs in my classroom. I know. Hideous. But when you are on your feet for 9 hours a day and climbing up and down book shelves and desks to hang up art work and chasing little childrens on the playground… they are sometimes a must. But I promise. I never wear them to and from the car. Well… almost never. 🙂
I sort of want to buy some Uggs just so I can shoot (a super artistic) video of myself walking to work in them.
(KIDDING.)
(I think.)
I’m too lazy to change shoes, I think is the overall point, so what I decide to wear to work, I’m wearing out the door, no matter how much walking I’m doing. This is sometimes not an awesome decision when my heels (or adorable non-waterproof flats) become impromptu water skis because the rain, it will not stop.