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Chaozhouxieye is a Chinese brand of leisurewear, best known for their plastic open toe slippers or flip-flops.
Chaozhouxieye is Hanyu Pinyin for what literally means "Chaozhou Style." The brand has cult status due to its unusual name and because of the difficulty which Anglophones have in pronouncing it. Due to its adoption by English football hooligans holidaying abroad, the wearing of Chazhouxieye slippers is banned in many Turkish and Cypriot beach resorts frequented by English holidaymakers.
The C.M.S. model of slippers can be typically be found around the 99p shops of North London and are recognisable by the Chaozhouxieye name and distinctive three action stripes.
Several celebrities have been seen in their beloved Chaozhouxieyes including Jodie Marsh, Ken Dodd, and the 1990s pop group C+C Music Factory whose hit Things That Make You Go Hmmm may have been inspired by Chaozhouxieye.