The New Uggs: Love From Australia

Something we did not know: "Ugg" is a generic word, sort of the reverse of "Xerox" or "Kleenex." So it's sort of like if there were some American copier company called "Copier" and then you read about how another copier company, called Xerox, was a great copier company. And you're like, but isn't Copier the brand term? Er, this would assume that people from Australia were unfamilar with copier machines. Er, maybe Frappucinos. Er, maybe not. Maybe ... what is something we have only in America? Ding-Dongs, perhaps.

If you can make your way through the thicket of that analogy, we salute you, and we bring you Love From Australia, the non-Ugg uggs from—predictably—Australia. (We do not know where the Love comes from, precisely.) "Ugg," we have also learned, is, indeed, short for ugg-ly. We must sound so ignorant to our readers in Australia. Maybe it's sort of like explaining funnel cake to, er, anyone outside of Pennsylvania.


Anyway! These must be the new Uggs, because Sienna Miller is wearing them, and Sienna could never be wrong. Except about men and things, and the occasional cape, and that terrible wig some Sienna-hating producer made her wear in Casanova. It's the $300 LFA Nomad, available in black, chocolate, chestnut, sand, and emerald. And don't forget, they need to be shipped from, for real, Australia, so add $20 for shipping and "please allow 7-21 days for delivery from availability date."


If you're not picky, the Cupid "sheepskin shortie" with the little bow-tie is half off at $100.