It was late Thursday afternoon when news of the UGG Mary Jane broke in the Strategist team Slack channel. Despite us being a group of Mary Jane sympathizers and UGG enthusiasts, the hybrid had the team … skeptical. “Has science gone too far?” asked our deals editor, Sam Daly. Others were intrigued: “I’m slightly more convinced seeing someone actually wearing them,” said sleep writer Amelia Jerden, responding to a product photo where a model wore the shoes with slouchy white socks. Whatever your take, one thing is certain: As the UGG’s silhouette has shrunken from minis to ultra minis, this might be the mini-est silhouette of all, now baring a patch of foot that no UGG has bared before. “I will develop a small square of frostbite for these,” said writer Katherine Gillespie. Will you?
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