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Wildlife photographer Phil Lanoue was snapping photos in the salt marshes of Murrells Inlet — South Carolina's Seafood Capital — when he came across a scene resembling something out of a photoshop: An alligator chewing on a Croc.

Thank you, Tim Gunn, for saying it—the man can't stand crocs. Men, women, children... he doesn't accept the look on anyone. When he first modeled a pair, he said apparently exclaimed "it looks like I have a hoof!"

You know those legends about pocket Bibles stopping bullets and saving soldiers' lives? We should all abandon Jesus and worship at an altar of rubberized gardening clogs, because Crocs just saved a three-year-old boy from death by electrocution.

Michelle Obama has been beloved by the fashion community since the early days of the 2008 campaign, as you're probably well aware. But she's now in danger of losing a fan in Tim Gunn. It seems the First Lady made the disastrous decision to wear a pair of crocs a few weeks ago and the Project Runway host isn't having…

A leading goal at the annual BlogHer conference is "economic empowerment" for female bloggers. For some participants, this means ample freebies; for at least one, it meant the chance to shake a company down for free shoes.

The Way We Live Now: Taxed and Spent. But high! Marijuana taxes will save California from descending into Mad Max-dom. Residents celebrated by forsaking ugly shoes. Wall Street couldn't be happier!

• A group of 21 stores on the Lower East Side are coming together to offer a weekend of discounts in honor of the (capsule) trade show that's currently underway. [Pipeline, Cut]
• Modeling rates really must falling: A Hugo Boss model has been charged for taking part in the robberies of 15 gas stations and delis. [NYP

Give in and buy a pair of Crocs. It's the only way to finally kill them, says Consumed's Rob Walker. [NYT]