Tacky or Cool?

[ELHS220]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

 

[Bradypus]

Tacky!

 

[SabsP]

Extremely tacky!

And polyester material...say no more....

 

[andywild]

Who would wear things like this? They would totally clash with my St James authentic bathrobe with matching scallop shell belt...

 

[SYates]

Tacky ;-) but I know at least one person who would love them!
BC SY

 

[Bradypus]

Tacky ;-) but I know at least one person who would love them!

I'm sure John would love them. Just his style.

 

[SYates]

Nops @Bradypus I was thinking of one of our chaplains ;-)
BC SY

 

[Bradypus]

Nops @Bradypus I was thinking of one of our chaplains ;-)

They would go well with Crocs and a brown habit.

 

[SYates]

They would go well with Crocs and a brown habit.

Perhaps, but again, wrong guess ;-)
BC SY

 

[trecile]

I like them. I wouldn't wear them on the Camino but I'd wear them at home.


You an also get a phone case.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I have a camino buff with the same stamp pattern and I love it.
How about this pair of socks? I see them both as more "quirky" rather than tacky.

 

[John Sikora]

No worse than other stuff I've seen. But only if the stamps are really copies of real stamps

 

[lt56ny]

Did they get permission to use each one of those stamps??????

 

[NorthernLight]

No worse than other stuff I've seen. But only if the stamps are really copies of real stamps

Someone should walk the way to verify...

 

[VNwalking]

They would go well with Crocs and a brown habit.

Just...out of mercy...no.

 

[jungleboy]

I like the phone cover a lot more!

 

[koilife]

Really? A thread debating Camino fashion? Really?!

From people who walk hundreds of miles in the same two shirts and pairs of pants, sunburn turning tan on only one side of their body, hair like a crow's nest, stubble to make Don Johnson wince, ponchos flapping in the wind like death's scarecrow.

Really???

P.S. Totally awesome. I'll take four pairs. And the cell phone cover. And the T-shirt. Oh, and if I can get them in merino, I'll walk in them.

 

[koilife]

Did anyone get their husband/wife this fabulous comforter for Valentine's Day? Nothing quite says I love you like clinical obsession!

 

[Anik2001]

Did anyone get their husband/wife this fabulous comforter for Valentine's Day? Nothing quite says I love you like clinical obsession!

Could take this instead of a sleeping bag on my next Camino!!!!

 

[koilife]

Could take this instead of a sleeping bag on my next Camino!!!!

But you have to keep it secured at night inside your sleeping bag alongside your passport and money, or someone might steal it.

 

[Desert Bruce]

The socks and phone case would be perfect for the APOC potluck when you get home from your camino.

 

[Jane Silverman]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

Fun.

 

[Jane Silverman]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

Tacky, but you can cuddle up in it after you get home and are having “Camino withdrawals”

 

[Terry Callery]

"Selo Socks" I like the alteration!

 

[C clearly]

Tacky or cool?

Neither.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

Not sure why people are saying "tacky" when there has been a Buff (R) showing Sellos (other designs are available) available for years and I've never heard any grumbles about them . . .



Yes I have one, no I've never worn it - "Oh, Jeff's been on the Camino, this will be a good present for him!"

 

[Jeff Crawley]

They would go well with Crocs and a brown habit.

Would that be a dirty habit?

 

[Kathy F.]

LOL, fun!!
I'm not crazy about the socks. I love the phone case - if only it came in my phone's size. The bedspread - if you took it to the Pilgrim Office in Santiago, could you get a Campostelle for it because it has so many stamps? Just wondering.

 

[Anamya]

I love them all, couldn´t care less if it is tacky or not

 

[Juspassinthru]

Could they not be both?

 

[gloria lowe]

I like them. I wouldn't wear them on the Camino but I'd wear them at home.
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You an also get a phone case.

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I like the phone case. Good conversation starter at home.

 

[Gerard Murdoch]

Not sure why people are saying "tacky" when there has been a Buff (R) showing Sellos (other designs are available) available for years and I've never heard any grumbles about them . . .

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Yes I have one, no I've never worn it - "Oh, Jeff's been on the Camino, this will be a good present for him!"

I must admit I thought it was tacky, but I do have the Camino Buff Credencial like you. It is good to wear !

 

[dougfitz]

So tacky it's cool!

 

[Paul Wilson]

I remember going to Lourdes with my parish and we had a competition to see who could find the tackiest gift, the light up Ave Maria playing ashtray came a close second but nothing says Mother of our Lord like a Virgin Mary penknife I’ll be back in Santiago in a few weeks so I think it might be time to resurrect the challenge

 

[Karl Oz]

Who would wear things like this? They would totally clash with my St James authentic bathrobe with matching scallop shell belt...

Yeah, and the monogrammed shower cap I stole from the Parador. (I'm actually bald, but I couldn't resist it).

Actually, the fabric aside, I like them!

 

[anthikes]

How about these for tacky



https://www.redbubble.com/people/nu...no-map-of-spain-and-portugal?p=leggings&asc=u

 

[LesR]

They would go well with Crocs and a brown habit.

Crocs and socks??? - sacré bleu!!!!

 

[Terry Callery]

They are so very tacky that they are in fact cool. Perhaps the definition of campy.
I would love to have my backpack silk-screened with the design.

 

[David Tallan]

I like them, but I am not unbiased when it comes to things Camino.

On the other hand, those tights with the maps!

 

[Lindor]

I remember going to Lourdes with my parish and we had a competition to see who could find the tackiest gift, the light up Ave Maria playing ashtray came a close second but nothing says Mother of our Lord like a Virgin Mary penknife I’ll be back in Santiago in a few weeks so I think it might be time to resurrect the challenge

My Mum went to Medugorje a few years ago, and told me there were statues of Our Lady with flashing neon Halo's, and a 'nodding' Jesus for your car on sale in the souvenir shops. So tacky imo, I can't think why anyone in their right mind would buy these items, especially someone who has gone to the trouble of going on a Catholic pilgramage
She was NOT amused, and needless to say, she didn't bring any back as gifts....
I think the camino socks/quilts/phone covers etc are OK as they are not showing religious icons......

 

[C clearly]

Crocs and socks??? - sacré bleu!!!!

I wonder if you are are making the boomer assumption (i.e. what was fashionable in my youth is still so) that the old-school ban on socks and sandals is (a) still valid in terms of coolth, and (b) transferable to crocs.

A little bit of googling can reveal some interesting changes in this fashion statement over the years and across sub-cultures.

 

[koilife]

My Mum went to Medugorje a few years ago, and told me there were statues of Our Lady with flashing neon Halo's, and a 'nodding' Jesus for your car on sale in the souvenir shops. So tacky imo, I can't think why anyone in their right mind would buy these items, especially someone who has gone to the trouble of going on a Catholic pilgramage
She was NOT amused, and needless to say, she didn't bring any back as gifts....
I think the camino socks/quilts/phone covers etc are OK as they are not showing religious icons......

As in so many other areas of human devotion and passion, Catholicism has it own kitsch fringes that sadly cross into sacrilage.

 

[Desert Bruce]

I think an aloha sello shirt would be cool.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

My Mum went to Medugorje a few years ago, and told me there were statues of Our Lady with flashing neon Halo's, and a 'nodding' Jesus for your car on sale in the souvenir shops. So tacky imo, I can't think why anyone in their right mind would buy these items, especially someone who has gone to the trouble of going on a Catholic pilgramage
She was NOT amused, and needless to say, she didn't bring any back as gifts....
I think the camino socks/quilts/phone covers etc are OK as they are not showing religious icons......

My memory fails me but somewhere along the Frances (Ponferrada?) there's a church with a neon crucifix on the front wall which alternates between Christ and a cross

 

[Jane Silverman]

How about these for tacky

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https://www.redbubble.com/people/nu...no-map-of-spain-and-portugal?p=leggings&asc=u

Oh, these get the prize, from me!!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Oh, these get the prize, from me!!

Maybe, but I'm not paying 40+ gpr a pair of leggings!

 

[ginniek]

How about these for tacky

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https://www.redbubble.com/people/nu...no-map-of-spain-and-portugal?p=leggings&asc=u

Gotta get those leggings. It will coordinate with the buff that I am wearing right now in my office--map of the CF; it is my very favorite.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Gotta get those leggings. It will coordinate with the buff that I am wearing right now in my office--map of the CF; it is my very favorite.

I don't own that particular buff, but I love it!

 

[Delphinoula]

It goes in an ensemble with shower shoes or sandals shorts a white ripped undershirt and brimmed hat and glasses with the movable sunglasses. Plus a book guide and you need to know everything better and does not hesitate to instruct his fellow man. Then they are perfekt.

 

[West Coaster]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

It's good it does not contain any wool or cotton. If it's tight fitting all around then it's worth taking it for a test walk. Go for at least 20 km and see how they feel. If you have no sour red spots or burning feeling in your feet, buy a second pair and enjoy your camino.

 

[motero99]

There was a poster in Burgo of a man's chest with Camino stamps. The people I was around thought it was cool.

 

[gerip]

While on line at the Pilgrim Office I saw a French woman with a hiking skirt covered in cellos. I coveted. There's a fabric company that can do that for me........

 

[gerip]

Could take this instead of a sleeping bag on my next Camino!!!!

But 105 for the TWIN?

 

[SusanH]

Both! You get to take what you want and it it doesn’t work out, you can leave it behind in an albergue! Someone will always want what you discard! They are pretty darn fun!

 

[GinaMarie]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

Much too tacky for my refined tastes but perhaps I would buy them for 'a friend'... ;-)

 

[Canche]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

Tacky

 

[Mendip Mike]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

Tacky!

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I say quirky!

 

[ELHS220]

There was a poster in Burgo of a man's chest with Camino stamps. The people I was around thought it was cool.
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I have some pictures of this. I will look for them.

 

[Lady M]

Tacky or cool? I can't decide.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pzandrews/works/38788223-st-james-santiago-pilgrim-passport-stamps-camino-frances-camino-de-santiago?p=socks&size=medium&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla+notset&country_code=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI77DrnuDT5wIVgpyzCh3uHAsUEAQYBCABEgKwafD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=1

I’m not gonna lie, I have a buff made of the same material and I love it.

 

[Loretta Jane]

They would make great prizes at a camino meeting. Very cute.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I’m not gonna lie, I have a buff made of the same material and I love it.

Me, too! I think it's a great, wearable souvenier.