(CNN) Crocs know they're ugly, as much as any shoe can know anything. If any shoe were to ever achieve reflexive self-consciousness, it would be a Croc, so that it could marvel in the true depths of its own ... individuality.

And what do popular brands do when they know they have a deep, immovable reputation for making ugly things people love? They lean into it.

Behold the fanny pack Croc, a shoe for the ages. A shoe for our time.

A Very Good Shoe.

This stunning piece of footwear is the collaboration between Crocs and Japanese fashion brand Beams, and yes, that is a little fanny pack there, on the heel.