The Birkenstock sandals always evoke images of tourists wearing them with sponge socks and Bermuda shorts of questionable colour. Yet, despite being considered the ugly shoes par excellence, they are extremely comfortable and versatile, and their great creative potential lies in their basic aesthetics.
Many high brands have in fact abandoned flat sandals and other summer classics to try their hand at reinterpreting this model: we start with Valentino, who customized them in a capsule collab collection by dyeing them with the iconic red shade and decorating them with total-white maxi-logos.
Chanel instead focuses on the matelassé or tweed tradition, a 2.55 to wear with a silver-plated CC logo.
Prada opts for a mixture of technical fabric and rubber sole, with a combination of black and white graphic patterns and monochrome strings in an olive-green colour, and Louis Vuitton applies its unmistakable monogram while remaining faithful to the original model.
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The Blonde Salad also proposes an ultra-holographic version created in collaboration with Colors of California, in a lively shocking pink.
It’s the mule that becomes a crystal shoe, a small couture jewel for Cinderellas 2.0 that want to wear a pair of luxury shoes and walk with the comfort of slippers.