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Is Birkenstock’s New Arizona a Birken-Croc or a Croc-enstock?
Brand: Birkenstock Season: Fall/Winter 2021 new Buy: Birkenstock 1774’s website and select stockists Editor’s Notes: Now, when I say Birken-croc, I don’t mean a hellish hybrid of the world’s most famous clog companies — I mean a gloriously luxe take on the Arizona that’s part of Birkenstock’s high-end 1774 line. It’s accompanied by a comparably […]
Thank God, Proenza Schouler’s New Birkenstocks Are More of The Same
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez aren’t interested in reinventing the wheel, just perfecting it. Proenza Schouler, their label, is an experiment in adventurously out-there garments reworked with McCollough and Hernandez’s signature whimsy, dishing dressy duds, casual classics, and everything in between. When their first Birkenstock collaboration dropped a little over a year ago, it yielded […]
Luxury Brands Emulating Birkenstock’s Arizona Should Take a Hike
This season has seen a swathe of copycat sandals emerge from fashion brands such as Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Moschino, and Fendi. Some have fancy soles, but throughout, an identical silhouette keeps cropping up. Put any of them under the microscope and you’d see the double-strapped DNA of Birkenstock’s iconic Arizona, the summertime classic that started […]