Flip flops are designed to provide
temporary foot protection for people who are on their way to water. In my opinion, therefore, flip flops should
not be worn unless you are at or near the water’s edge. Flip flops are perfect footwear, for example,
if you area at the beach. But they are
not acceptable work attire, and they completely discredit any streetwear
outfit.
Happily, California boasts many flip
flop-worthy designations, and Californian flip flop designers and manufactures
abound.
OluKai
Irvine-based
OluKai makes comfortable, well-put-together, Hawaiian-inspired footwear
for people who spend a lot of time at the beach. My wife and children are very happy with
their OluKai flip flops, as I am with my OluKai slides.
Volcom: Orange County-based Volcom is a
one-stop shop for skater/surfer/snowboarder fashion, from flip flops to board
shorts to two-piece suits. Because they
target skaters – who shred clothes quickly, no matter how high quality – I did
not expect Volcom to put much effort into the second-thing-to-go elements of
clothing construction. After all, why
double-stitch a garment that’s going to be rags within weeks regardless? But I was pleasantly surprised. A few years back, I bought a Volcom
button-up. It was a good purchase. The
shirt had a clean silhouette, but with slightly skewed seams that bent people’s
eyes just enough to prevent them from looking past me. And – because I do not lead a
tear-through-fabric lifestyle – it lasted for years.
North Face: Alameda-based North Face makes
pretty much everything an outdoors-enthusiast could want, including flip
flops. Judging by everything I’ve bought
from them so far, they probably make their flip flops really well.
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