What is with the popularity of sandals and flip-flops?

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

To my understanding, its like a giant billboard that says one of three things:

1. I am old
2. I am not concerned at all with fashion
3. I am a giant geek/no social skills.

However, there ARE exceptions as with anything else.

You forgot #4: my feet are always cold.

I've never understood why it's so taboo to wear socks with sandals. Do people want to look at toes that desperately? Fashion doesn't take priority over comfort for me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

If your feet are cold why aren't you just wearing shoes? =\

Sometimes for comfort, sometimes because it's faster to slip on sandals. I haven't worn them for much more than checking the mail and such for ages, but that was my reasoning when I did.

Originally Posted by Tip-Tup

I think it's the implied assumption that if you are going to wear sandals or flip-flops you must want more breathing room for your feet. If not, why not just wear sneakers or some other closed-toe shoe? I've always thought the point of open-toe footwear was to let your feet breathe. Socks seem to defeat that purpose.

What kind of socks are you wearing that don't let your feet breathe? I used to get really bad eczema on the sides of my feet from wearing sneakers all the time when I was little, so wearing sandals with socks occassionally was far more comfortable.

There's nowhere I can't reach.