Most of you already know I’ve joined the Crocs craze, admittedly late.

I was one of those Crocs-bashers, who made fun — still do! — of people who think bright pink plastic clogs go with anything. (They don’t!)

Look who’s wearing Crocs these days!

Just spend some time in Waikiki — where a new retail shop opened recently on Kalakaua Avenue — and you’ll see just how far the trend has gone.

Japanese tourists can’t get enough of these colorful footwear, donning them with sun dresses and golf pants. It’s incredible!

Now, I don’t hate Crocs, not the way people do on the popular I Hate Crocs blog or writer Steve Tuttle does in his rant in Newsweek last week. I just think they’re the kind of footwear you need to consider twice before wearing.

You shouldn’t wear them to a job interview — unless you’re applying to be a deckhand on a sailboat. And you might want to avoid escalators. (Kids are getting these soft shoes caught in the escalator teeth and suffering injuries.)

It’s about one thing, as quoted in a hilarious video parody on YouTube: “I’ve given fashion the finger.”

Here’s the vid!

So if you’ve got ‘em, wear ‘em. Just know not everyone will appreciate your fashion choices.

It’s official.

I wear Crocs.

It took me awhile to succumb to the trend — could you call it fashion? — but I broke down when I realized sometimes you need something sturdier than slippers but easier to wash than shoes. Like working in the yard or traipsing around at a beach cleanup.

I’ll admit: I never liked the Colorado-based footwear. The original clogs are, well, more utilitarian than fashionable. And I hate hate hate when people wear them inappropriately — like to a cocktail party or to a wedding.

But I figured there must be something to these shoes since it seems like everyone — even the New Zealand Olympic team — is wearing them.

Got any strong feelings toward Crocs? Love ‘em? Hate ‘em?

Or do you have another fashion pet peeve — leggings, scrunchies — you’d like to share?