If I remember correctly my first croakies were like an old lady's glasses lanyard with a bobber meant to keep my sunglasses from floating away in the Outer Banks. They were followed by Chums in high school and then in college I started picking up croakies either whenever needed or as souvenirs.
The collection:
- Thompson Boat Center: Picked up kayaking one afternoon on the Potomac at the Georgetown waterfront boat house.
- Basic Black: The Standard.
- Camo Palmetto & Crescent: Carolina kitsch picked up in Kiawah.
- Vineyard Vines: The indicator of "prep" and "frat-tastic" in college.
- Bass Pro Shop: Extra-wide, just like the trailer.
- Saints: Who Dat!
- Southern Tide: For when not sporting that Skipjack Polo you won on SG.
With 80+ degree weather and crystal clear skies, find your croakies, grab your sunglasses and strap one on.
I am in college and a lot of females here rock croakies too because well losing sunglasses stinks and throwing them in your bookbag is also a bad call. I learned the hard way my freshman year when I knocked the glass lenses out of my vintage ray-ban aviators. From that day forward the aviators and wayfarers have been securely placed on croakies!
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you Gracie Beth. I can't mention the number of pairs I lost leaving them places so I went back to croakies after getting hazed a bit in DC for wearing them.
ReplyDeleteI love the TBC one!!! That's where my team (Georgetown heavies) row out of :-)
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ReplyDeleteI had totally forgotten about chums until I read your post. Too funny!
ReplyDeleteNothing screams "trying too hard" than wearing croakies outside of a sporting event, i.e. shooting, casting or hitting something. Sorry, but wearing them just to wear them is a step too far for me.
ReplyDeleteAnon: How is not losing your sunglasses "trying to hard" and what are we "trying to hard" at? Share with us your wisdom...
ReplyDeleteBit touchy, Chum? Sorry, but I just think that, as with so many other clothing items like topsiders/"boat shoes", they have become almost like part of a costume that people who want to dress "fratty" or "preppy" wear without ever having step foot on a boat and couldn't tell you the difference between a bass & a buck. So you get ridiculous situations like people wearing them to night weddings, or with suits, or wearing them backwards with the glasses around their neck to show off a brand. They serve a function, more particular than just "not losing your glasses". Clip them on your shirt or put them on your head; works well for me. But, personally, unless I'm playing golf, casting a rod or shooting some ducks, I leave them off (same with Costa del Mars, which have become another piece of the "fratty costume").
ReplyDeleteJust to be clear, its not the wearing of croakies, per se, that bothers me. Just wear them with some discretion (sort of like the whole wearing seersucker at night thing). Because otherwise (in my opinion) you just look silly.
ReplyDeleteDAM I am loving your collection! Especially your bright Southern Tide croakies!!! :)
ReplyDeleteCroakies may be the darling of the South, but I simply must give a shout to their birthplace - Jackson Hole, WY - also the hometown (not birthplace, that's in Virginia) of Vogue On the Range cum DC.
ReplyDeleteNice work, sir!
I like mine monogrammed and do consider them a staple accessory. They are my necklace of chice in the summer!
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ReplyDeleteI guess I have the bad habit of wearing mine with a suit and tie...Oh my!
ReplyDeleteBtw...Excellent collection, Sir!
love how you said to wear the southern tide croakie when you are NOT wearing a skipjack polo. good call, annoys me to see a hat, croakie and shirt all of the same brand at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAnon 4:42: I wear lots of croakies, I tend to only let one logo show at a time, with the exception of the Polo pony which you can wear at any time with any other logo.
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