Sherpa UGGs

The original boot hid its sheepskin inside a suede shell, which is a sensible way to build a warm boot and a fairly boring way to look at one. The fluff family inverts that, exposing the wool at the collar, across the strap, or over the whole upper. Fluff Yeah was the style that proved people would wear it outdoors, arriving as a slide with an elastic heel strap and a thick wool footbed. Everything in this category since has been an argument about how much wool is too much, and the answer keeps turning out to be more than expected.

The first grid also brings in the curly Tasman Maxi, the Greenport cross strap slide and the Goldenstar Villa clog, so the wool shows up on a slide and a clog as well as the slippers.

Scuffette II, Coquette, Disquette and Tasman II are the slipper end, and the distinction between them is mostly about how enclosed the foot is and how much wool shows at the opening. Tazz Fluff Momma is the maximal version, a platform with the wool turned fully out. Classic Ultra Mini and Classic Mini II are the boots, and they are the styles that make the crossover between indoor and outdoor least visible. What all sherpa uggs share is a wool interior that compresses and moulds to a foot over the first few weeks, which is why a pair that feels tight on day one is usually correct. Sizing on this whole family runs generous because of that compression.

If you came looking for uggs boots, the Classic Ultra Mini, the Classic Mini II and the Classic Short II are the sheepskin-lined pairs I would start with.

The slippers genuinely go outside now and pretending otherwise is a few years out of date, so choose by how enclosed you want your foot rather than where you plan to wear them. Tasman II is the most versatile thing in the group and the one that looks least like sleepwear. Fluff Yeah is a summer-to-autumn slide more than a winter shoe, because an open heel and cold weather do not mix. Tazz Fluff Momma is the most fun and the least practical, which is a fair trade. Exposed wool mats with wear and can be brushed back, so factor in a little maintenance. The wool compresses over the first weeks, so give a snug fit room to settle rather than sizing up.