It's hard to think of a shoe that's had a better decade than the Croc. So how did the widely reviled foam clog transform from dadcore into high fashion darling? The answer tells us a lot about how anything gets to be cool. Today on Schmeitgeist, the unlikely Crocs cult and the inner workings of the trend curve.
Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.

Schmeitgeist

How Crocs became cool enough to cost $1350

Schmeitgeist is the pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday where we decode the biggest and weirdest trends. You’ll meet self-professed bimbo feminists, fall down the rabbit hole of edgy, online Catholicism, find out how an entire generation got to be mad at capitalism and allergic to monogamy. Every week, journalist and comedian Ange Lavoipierre goes inside the most defining trends of the moment to investigate how we got here, and what’s next.