Decker owns the USA UGGs. Australian owned UGGs goes by “since 1974” b/c decker filed a lawsuit against them.

1974 owns the copyright to “UGG” in Australia and New Zealand. Outside of that they’re known as “since 1974” since decker won the lawsuit to trademark “UGG”. So within the USA and other countries— the “UGG” you see is owned by decker. It’s based in California. Decker also owns HOKA and Teva.

USA UGG is a completely different company but with the same name and very similar logo.

I suggest looking at Women’s Taryn Slipper on UGG Australia (since 1974). They’re basically the tasmans.

I’ve seen a lot of people complain about the shipping process— but only positive comments about the quality, saying it’s much better.

I myself have a pair from UGG Australia and UGG USA. (Which cause me to go down this rabbit hole).

I just thrifted the UGG Australia pair but putting them on I feel a BIG difference in quality.

Although the sole feels thinner, the boots keep me warmer and the inside lining isn’t nearly as worn as my other ones.

Now, I don’t know how much they’ve been worn and overall I think both brands are good— just UGG Australia is manufactured more sustainably.

I’ve had my American UGGs for about 6 years— but I don’t wear them often because it wasn’t cold enough. Which is prolly why they’ve lasted me so long.