I don’t care what you say, UGGs are wonderful

There was once a time where the only form of acceptable footwear was a pair of fluffy Australian import boots called Uggs. You couldn't walk outside without seeing celebs, men, women, and children rocking their own coveted pair. Some owned multiple pairs — different colors and heights to go with different outfits & moods! Even Beyoncé wore Uggs.

To put it simply: they were iconic.

Now, however, Uggs have become the mark of a "basic bitch" which has become synonymous with being annoying and uncool.

But do you remember? Do you remember when you would crack open that white shoebox and find your fresh smelling Uggs, untouched by sidewalk slush or spilled coffee? Do you remember how you'd buy that special spray to protect your new fur babies from harm? Do you remember that feeling of unmitigated glee when you put them on for the first time and AIM chatted all your friends about your new pair?

LuvMe123: Guess who got Uggs!

xoxoBallerinaBabe: UGGS? OMG! Wut color?

LuvMe123: Chestnut!!!!!!

xoxoBallerinaBabe: OMG WE CAN MATCH! Tall ones?

LuvMe123: YES!

Uggs were IT. They were the thing. And then, somehow, they became too popular, too common. They stopped being a niche item and instead became the mark of the basic hoi polloi along with leggings, North Face zips, Michael Kors bags, scarfs, Starbucks, and French manicures.

But I have had enough. No more Ugg shaming. Uggs are there for you even when your best friends aren't. They make you feel like you're walking on a cloud even though you're just walking on a garbage clad sidewalk.

Uggs are ugly. This is a fact. But just because they're ugly doesn't mean they're not great.

I know you remember a better time, a better world, when you could proudly wear your Uggs without fear of public ridicule. I know you do. And I know if we band together to try and stop the Ugg shaming, this world can be a better place.

Listen, all I'm saying is the world started to fall to shit right around the time that Uggs started becoming uncool. Coincidence? I think not.

Maybe if people had comfortable shoes on they wouldn't be so hellbent on destroying humanity.

Think about it. Get back to me. In the meantime, I'm going to rock the hell out of my Uggs this fall the same way Hester Prynne made that Scarlet A fashionable as fuck. Uggs are still great and I will go down with this ship.

#MakeUggsGreatAgain #MUGA

@jenniferficarra