UGGs Cause Skanky Foot Rot

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At last, a rational reason to add to the quiver of why we hate UGGs: they cause fungus. That is, if you can believe anyone with the name Olivier Zong, the podiatrist who just went on the record as saying that "trendy sheepskin boots" with their "dark, wet environments" are the perfect petri dish for foot fungus. UGGGGG, indeed. [Jezebel]