Pool Slides: The Slippery Slope

My mind’s telling me no. But my feet, my feet are telling me yes. 

Bla, bla, bla, the 90s are back in a big way, yadda, yadda. BUT, while I’ve been repping scrunchies, plaid shirts and double denim for a while now, there’s a shoe rearing its significantly ugly head on the horizon of summer that I just haven’t been able to bring myself to tackle. Yet. At first I didn’t want to. Then I kind of did. Now, I don’t know which pair to buy. I’m talking about the ugliest shoes out there right now: Pool Slides.

Adidas Adilette Slides @ £27

Glossy, sleek, classic colours, branded – on the surface, horrendous. ‘How many wannabe soccer hooligans have padded around the fag-butt strewn beaches of Marbs wearing the likes of these?’,  BW wonders. But only for a second, until he realises that the answer is of course, many, (and yet still wants a pair).

Nike Benassi Slides @ £16

We don’t exactly know what to call this print, all we know is that there was a hell of a lot of it in the 80s. The American, jazzy teen-flick-soundtracked by a dire Hall & Oates remix kinds of 80s, not the grey, British, ‘There’s blood on your hands, Maggie!’ kind of 80s. It makes us relatively happy and it’ll make your feet happy, too.

Topshop FANG Slides @ £48

The kind of knowing faux-glamour that makes us want to don a cheap pair of aviators and book the next Wowcher! deal to St Tropez. If only one would come up.