Last week I was watching Donny Deutsch’s Big Idea, and he had on the founder of another shoe company called TOMS Shoes. Has anyone heard of this company? I hadn’t, but after hearing the story of how it was started and their cause to give a pair shoes to needy kid around the world with every purchase of their shoes I was inspired.

I went to the internet to find out more about TOMS Shoes and found a number of press mentions and YouTube videos that they put out. One of these videos was of what they call TOMS Shoe Drops where they went to Argentina in 2006 and put 10,000 shoes on kids feet who otherwise may not have had any.

I was so inspired by their founder Blake Mycoskie and what he is doing with TOMS Shoes I decided to start another fan blog site. TOMS Shoe Fans is similar to littlerubbershoes.com in that we will post various information about the shoes, company, and the people that love TOMS Shoes.

There is no way of knowing if TOMS will generate as big of following as Crocs, but if this is any indication I think they are well on their way.

Check out the Womens TOMS, Mens TOMS, and Kids or Tiny Toms and let us know what you think by submitting a comment.

If you have never heard of TOMS Shoes I challenge you to checkout the site and read the various blog posts and watch the related videos to get a better understanding of this company. I would also love to hear what Croc Fans think of the shoes and if you would consider buying a pair.

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littlerubbershoes.com was recently mentioned in a NY Times Magazine article on what makes Crocs so popular. After reading the full article it seems to me the writer feels the popularity of Crocs by us Croc Fans is to spite the Anti-Croc movement. I respectfully disagree.

There might be some of that now that they have become so popular in our society, but the Anti-Croc’ers of the world didn’t know about Crocs until the passion and love for these shoes had already hit critical mass. It is not a situation of which came first the chicken or the egg. Fans of Crocs came about because of comfort, the ability to express themselves through colorful shoes, and not caring what other people think about what you are wearing because Crocs made them happy.

The Anti-Crocs “movement”, using this term loosely since we are just talking about shoes, only came about because of the rapid growth and popularity of Crocs. If you look at anything popular, you are going to have people who will to try to knock it down. I think the love for Crocs may be fueled by the Crocs Haters to a certain degree but I don’t think the love for Crocs from fans around the world would be lessened any if there weren’t Anti-Crocs people saying how ugly they are.

What is great about this country and other the free countries around the world is that everyone can have an opinion about anything, but at the end of the day, we are just talking about shoes. I have actually enjoyed watching the destruction of Crocs videos that have been made because I find them humorous and creative. We even posted them on this blog.

I think the article was an interesting read, I just got the feeling the premise of the piece was that Croc Fans were born out of people hating them because they felt they were ugly. I actually think it is very much the other way around.

I take more of the approach, if you like the shoes, wear them and not worry about what other people think of you. And after hearing from the many Croc Fans from around the world, seeing the number of “I Love My Crocs” widgets posted on mySpaces and blogs, and the number of people motivated to post their Crocs Pictures and Videos on the web, I think that is what most Croc Fans will continue to do.

Let us hear from you by submitting a comment. Tell us what you thought about the article and why you think there are such polarizing views on Crocs?

I was contacted by Dave, a graduate student at West Virginia University, asking if we could help him with his creative strategies course. Dave is a fellow Crocs Fan and is doing a project where he is looking for some information (anonymous) on what type of people wear Crocs and what it is about them that they like.

So Croc Fans, let’s help Dave out and take this quick < 5 minute survey and help him with his project. He has promised to share the information with us when he is done, so it will be interesting to see what type of responses you all give.

When you are done with the survey, add a comment to this post and give Dave some feedback on the survey.

UPDATE: The survey is now closed.

It seems the survey only supported 100 users and is not complete. Thank you all for helping Dave out with this project. I’ve been told he will share the data with us when he has it compiled. Stay Tuned!

We have selected a winner for our “I Love My Crocs” Contest. Congrats to our winner.

Our winner loves her Sea Foam Crocs, Fuchsia Crocs, and Lavender Crocs.

Stay tuned for more exciting contests and prizes.