UGG Boots Blog

There are distinct assumptions we can make based on the shoes a person is wearing. They may not be correct, or kind, or relevant in any way but there is often a seed of truth to the instant judgments we make. We got the hippies in Birkenstocks, runners wearing New Balance, and Manolo Blahniks always make me think of Sex and the City and the whirlwind, drinking, partying, decadent cosmopolitan life it presents. Even our childhood fairytales offer archetypes based on shoes. Cinderella, the sweetest virgin of them all wears pure glass slippers, while the determined and oft-times sassy Dorothy skips through Oz in red glittery slippers.

The shoes we wear characterize the roles we play. When I was in college studying theater one of my directors had a rule for rehearsals: you always had to rehearse your scenes in the shoes your character would wear. This was drawn from the belief that part of how we hold ourselves is altered by the shoes we wear. Just think how differently you feel in your body when wearing ballet flats or high stilettos. It’s almost as though certain shoes give you a license to access a part of your personality that you might not usually let out. I know I feel way saucier in boots and a short skirt than when I wear the same skirt with flip flops.

Feet and footwear seem to carry a strong significance for performers. I was reading an article the other day where Penelope Cruz stated that one of the first things she does when preparing for a role is to find and wear the shoes her character would wear. Quentin Tarrantino (director of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1 and 2, and Pulp Fiction), pretty much always has a random shot of bare feet walking across a floor (especially if it’s Uma Thurman), and somehow it adds to the somewhat primal nature of his films. Bare feet often depict the “savage” or “nature child” in film and theater, while the “aristocrat” and those who are “civilized” are characterized by binding and expensive footwear. We can tell a lot about a person’s values, personality, and often their social status simply by glancing at their shoes.

On the other hand, there are also generic shoes that can work for almost any circumstance. For musical theater there are character shoes, simple Mary Janes with a basic timeless look, in black or tan, with heel heights varying from ¾” to 3”, and that’s it! They are worn to suit any time period, and their generic look is what adds to the versatility that makes them unique.

Black Character Shoe

So, why write about performance and shoes on an UGG blog? Well, think about how those who wear UGG are defined; it completely depends on whom you ask. To a group of high school girls in LA, UGG Classic Short boots are THE thing to wear, but to the indie crowd of the same age group further up the West Coast, UGG signifies a lemming approach to fashion taste. UGG is one of the few brands where the persona you enact when wearing them can change depending on your social surroundings. In UGG you can be the hippie child who doesn’t wear socks and relaxes in neutral colored comfort, or you can be the high flying socialite in the most well know fleece lined boot in the world!

UGG Classic Short

When we can be defined so sharply by our appearances and aesthetic choices, it seems a delightful relief and boon to have a brand that provides a plethora of podiatric personality!