Meaning
Soft-soled canvas or suede shoes — 'crepe' referring to the crepe-rubber sole. Once the everyday casual and school shoe, and, like the Clarks desert boot, part of the classic Jamaican footwear style, crepe shoes are prized for comfort and a certain cool. Keeping the crepe clean and brushed is a point of pride, and in wider and newer slang 'creps' has come to mean sneakers or trainers generally. From the school yard to the dancehall, the crepe-soled shoe holds a cherished place in Jamaican and diaspora style.
Examples
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Put on yuh crepe an mek wi go walk.
Put on your soft shoes and let's go for a walk.
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Him keep him crepe white an clean.
He keeps his canvas shoes white and clean.
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Fresh crepe pon him foot.
Fresh sneakers on his feet.
Origin
From the crepe-rubber sole of the shoes; 'creps' as a word for trainers/sneakers spread through the wider diaspora.
How it’s used
Soft-soled canvas/suede shoes; 'creps' can mean sneakers in general. Pairs with [[clarks]] in Jamaican shoe culture.