{"id":823778,"date":"2026-07-25T22:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823778\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:44:13","slug":"ugg-boot-debate-is-it-ok-to-wear-them-outside-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823778\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugg boot debate: Is it OK to wear them outside the house?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two types of people in this world; those who wear Ugg boots<\/a> outside the home and those who don\u2019t. It\u2019s a debate that has raged since the comfy footwear<\/a> was adopted by the surfing community in the 1970s<\/a> to keep their feet warm after a surf.<\/p>\n

Now, the debate has flared up once again, thanks to The Odyssey<\/a> director Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2019s on-set rule. <\/p>\n

\"Ugg<\/p>\n

Ugg boots technically can be worn outside, but not everyone likes the idea.\u00a0iStockphoto<\/p>\n

Anne Hathaway<\/a>, one of the hit movie\u2019s stars, revealed that when she turned up to filming wearing Uggs, he \u201clooked down and went, \u2018Nope\u2019\u201c, so she never wore them again.<\/p>\n

Nolan later explained on CBS Mornings he doesn\u2019t dislike the shoes, he just thinks they remind the actors they aren\u2019t in 1200 BCE.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes the actors will turn up \u2013 because the footwear hurts them \u2013 so they\u2019ll turn up in these big, fluffy, comfy, slippers. The funny thing is you can be on set where you\u2019ve got a guy holding a microphone, you\u2019ve got a giant camera, you\u2019ve got crew everywhere, but something like that can actually weirdly take you out of reality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Hollywood director Christopher Nolan has a firm \u2018no Uggs\u2019 rule on his movie sets.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I think that\u2019s always been something where, it\u2019s like if someone\u2019s eating a bag of chips off-camera or something, there are certain things that just remind you you\u2019re in the real world as opposed to the world we\u2019re trying to create for the actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nolan isn\u2019t alone in disliking Uggs outside the home, so we had two passionate team members on each side of the debate share their views. Here\u2019s what they had to say.<\/p>\n

The case for Uggs outside the home: Jo<\/p>\n

I wear my Ugg boots out of the house all the time. To me they are shoes, not slippers, and they are warm and comfy and stylish. <\/p>\n

\"Ugg<\/p>\n

\u201cUggs are expensive! They are pricey footwear. Have some respect.\u201d\u00a0iStockphoto<\/p>\n

I think they look cute, and I am of a certain age and remember many an era when Uggs of all shapes colours and sizes were worn outside of the house. That being said, I wouldn\u2019t wear them to dinner. I\u2019m more likely to wear them to run errands, grocery shop, grab a coffee, and do the school run. <\/p>\n

My daughter and her friends love their Uggs, but were recently told they weren\u2019t allowed to wear them at their public high school mufti day. In fact, those wearing them were sent home to get changed. <\/p>\n

Now, the school newsletter makes sure to include \u201cno Uggs\u201d when mufti days are announced. I think this is silly because mufti day is meant to be about casual comfortable clothing. What is more comfortable than Uggs? <\/p>\n

\"Beyonce<\/p>\n

Who could forget the Ugg boot\u2019s heyday in the early 2000s?\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Also, whenever someone comments on Uggs not being appropriate for use outside of the house, I just say, \u201cCrocs\u201d. Honestly, how are they any more legitimate as shoes than Uggs? Seriously. <\/p>\n

And, Uggs are expensive! They are pricey footwear. Have some respect.<\/p>\n

The case against Uggs outside the home: Maddi<\/p>\n

Unless you have a designated pair of yucky, stinky, dirty \u2018outside\u2019 Uggs, there\u2019s no excuse to be wearing Uggs out of the house. <\/p>\n

These are slippers, people! They\u2019re indoor shoes that should be worn around your own home, on clean surfaces, not down the road and through <\/p>\n

God knows what has been spilled in the aisles at Coles, then back across your bedroom carpet. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t even get me started on people who wear them outside and then let the soles touch their couch \u2013 or, God forbid, their bed. <\/p>\n

My Uggs are inside-only shoes and the only exception is if I want to wear them for a long car ride. But even then, I wear real shoes to walk to the car and don\u2019t put my Uggs on until I\u2019m safely inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are two types of people in this world; those who wear Ugg boots outside the home and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-823778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}