First off I have to be honest and up front in saying that in the early 90's I was a sponsored snowboarder with moderate fame. Secondly I have to be honest in saying that one of my sponsors that actually paid me for two years was unfortunately the one and only UGG Boot company. At the time it seemed like a not so bad situation as UGG boots were still a bit of a surf culture novelty. As I was a Canadian kid being associated to anything surf-ish was really cool so signing on with the Sheepskin footwear company was A-ok.
Fast forward to 2002. I am walking along some street in LA and I see some really hot girl wearing UGG boots, a denim mini skirt and a t shirt. First off I thought Holy shit! I would give a pinky toe to have a 1/2 hour with her right after she pounded three Margaritas and thought every word that came out of my mouth was the funniest and most clever things she had ever heard. And then I panned down to see what was wrapped around her feet. UGG boots?? Are you effin kidding me? Who in their right mind would think those are anything other than something to keep your feet from freezing after you get out of the chilly Pacific waters aprés surf? A fashion statement? Fuck me.
I somehow feel slightly responsible for this social blunder. And now I see lemmings of all shapes and sizes still wearing these things as if they are the coolest thing at Barny's. Is it just me or like all the Jesus freaks are these people just suffering from mass delusion? It just makes me want to say Ewe.
Needless to say even though the sheepskin trend is a fashion blunder, I gotta admit that if you throw a pair of these on a half naked goddess I seem to be like most males and simply shoose to ignore it and move on.
