Clogs oh clogs, where have you gone? The classic Swedish wooden slipon shoe who all the great farmers (or more like everyone who lived in the countryside here in Sweden) wore when they went to the outhouse, the mailbox or sometimes even as far as to the Saturday night dance. A few weeks ago I asked myself, why don't more people wear them these days? Why aren't clogs hip anymore? And no, crocs doesn't count, they are as ugly as it gets. Maybe I should try to make them hip again, now that'd be a challenge!
I brainstormed with myself for a while and pretty quick I came up with the idea of simply gluing a Converse patch onto a pair of ordinary clogs. Not because I'm especially fond of Converse shoes, but no matter what you think of them, you can't argue about their popularity, and their status at the moment. After jotting down a few sketches I decided on making a pair of authentic looking (or as close as I could manage) Converse clogs, in the same style as the iconic Chuck Taylor High Top.
So how did they turn out? Well, I'm quite pleased overall, although there are a few places where I would've liked to improve them a bit, and mainly I'd like to dirty 'em up a bit, because Chucks looks best dirty IMO. And yes, I know the logo patch is on the outside, not the inside as they should be, problem was they were too big to make a nice fit on the inside. Hopefully they will hold up fairly well so that I'll be able to use them for the short walks (read; mailbox and so on) that clogs are made for. Although I will probably take them to a club once, just for the heck of it, and to be able to say that I've gone clogclubbin', or cloggin' of you will. Needless to say I'm expecting a few weird looks..
One thing that I've managed with while working on this project is getting completely and utterly sold on Converse shoes, so after spending a total of around $130 on these clogs I'm now off to the store to buy the real deal, so brb.
Note to Converse: Please don't be angry with me for using your logo in my 'Get clogged' poster (for you who don't get that one, google 'get chucked'), I am after all not making any money on this and did the whole thing as a tribute to your brand!
