Someone sent us an article today about how Crocs/Jibbitz are spreading throughout Canada. Below is the paragraph that mentions Jibbitz. The entire article can be viewed at the link provided below. If you ever see an article about Jibbitz or Crocs please send it along. Thanks!
"And then there are the accessories. Crocs have already spurred a line of paraphernalia for people who might be bored with a purist approach.
Jibbitz are decorative bits of plastic, "kind of like cufflinks" Milder says, that pop into the holes on top of Crocs to customize the look. Butterflies, clovers, rhinestones and support ribbons are just some of the collection, which retail for about three bucks a piece.
"Even I had trouble believing these would work," Milder says. But he ordered 300 units to try and sold 250 in a week and a half. "No one buys just one."
Milder and Cheverie are both seeing repeat buyers — customers who can't get enough from one pair and stock up on multiple colours. Milder says that one customer even told him about running six kilometres in the clog, something he's still trying to wrap his head around.
Online there's an entire blog, www.crocfans.com, dedicated to spreading the gospel of the shoe's greatness. Jibbitz also keeps an online blog for fans of decorated Crocs. And the company itself posts pages of glowing testimonials, including one from a Dartmouth woman who sent a picture of her family of four outfitted in the clogs.
"Mom and I both have two pairs each!" says the letter signed by Kelly Kaizer. "Now we have the whole family addicted.""
Ashleigh McKenna is a journalism graduate of Ryerson University in Toronto and a summer intern at The Chronicle Herald. (amckenna@herald.ca)
So cool to see my area's newspaper on such a popular site!!!