Birkenstock X Toogood Forager Felt Unisex Sandals Shoes Mules Shoes 37

Description: No design templateNo design templateNo design templateNo design templateBIRKENSTOCK X TOOGOOD The Forager Wool Felt Unisex Sandals Shoes Shoes Mulessize : 37EU/IT (4.5UK/ 6-6.5US/ 24CM) - hand-made in Germany - These Birkenstock sandals may be TOOGOOD, but they're not too good to be true. Lucky us.These slate-grey The Forager slides unite the serene, utilitarian mood of Toogood's designs with the practicality of Birkenstock. They're made from felt with a two-strap velcro-fastened upper – a riff on the German footwear label's signature Arizona style – and have a molded footbed and EVA sole.BIRKENSTOCK X TOOGOOD The Forager wool-felt sandals - Birkenstock 1774 teams up with contemporary British label Toogood to re-imagine the footwear brand's classic 'Zurich' sandals. This minimal 'Forager' style has been made in Germany from soft wool felt and has smooth, Velcro® straps for a clean, modern feel. They're grounded on signature contoured footbeds for comfort boosting.This cooperations mutual understanding of sculptural lines and functional design is showcased by The Forager sandals. These gray The Forager sandals unite Birkenstock's meticulous craftsmanship with artist and designer Faye Toogood's utilitarian influences – she names her label's clothes after traditional British pastimes. They're made from tactile felt with a molded leather footbed and set on a signature cork and EVA sole.Inspired by function and ancient artefacts, British brand Toogood reworks a Birkenstock classic with a focus on shape and fabrication. These 'Forager' sandals are made from felt and grounded on the footwear label's signature molded cork-latex footbeds, which are tonal in color for a uniform finish. Shown here with: Kiton Shirt , Loro Piana T-shirt and Brunello Cucinelli single-pleat cotton shortsFlannel Gray color feltDesigner emblems, contoured leather footbeds, EVA rubber and cork solesVelcro® fastenersDesigner colour: Flannel GreyHandmade in GermanyLining Composition: Nappa Leather 100% - Outer Composition: Wool 100% - Filling Composition: Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) 100% - Sole Composition: Vegetable Leather 100%This item differs from standard sizing, please review the conversion below.Birkenstock regular fitModel wears size 40EU/IT, 7UK, 9-9.5US, 26CMFor shoe dimensions, please see item's measurements.35EU/IT (2.5UK/ 4-4.5US/ 22.5CM)36EU/IT (3.5UK/ 5-5.5US/ 23CM)37EU/IT (4.5UK/ 6-6.5US/ 24CM)38EU/IT (05UK/ 7-7.5US/ 24.5CM)39EU/IT (5.5UK/ 8-8.5US/ 25CM)40EU/IT (07UK/ 9-9.5US/ 26CM)41EU/IT (7.5UK/ 10-10.5US/ 26.5CM)42EU/IT (08UK/ 11-11.5US/ 27CM)43EU/IT (09UK/ 12-12.5US/ 28CM)Free express shipping We offer Ups express international shipping on every order to ensure your pieces arrive quickly and safely.Daily delivery whenthe payment arrives before 12.00 .If you like what you see, Please click here and browse my shop to find more items you may love and save my shop to be informed about special sales, new arrivals and campaigns. 12/7 customer support Questions, concerns, issues? Contact Us : Contact seller We're always here for you Secure shopping Your purchases are protected by encrypted security systems that keep your personal data and payment information safe and secure. Sign up for newsletter or Save this seller - Contact seller - Visit store - See other itemsBiography - The German footwear giant Birkenstock has been taken over by LVMH-backed investors, it was announced on Friday, after demand for casual and comfortable footwear skyrocketed during the pandemic. We take a look at the history of everybody's favorite orthopedic sandal, from its humble beginnings to its Chinese expansion. The history of Birkenstock -Birkenstock was founded way back in 1774, by the cobbler Johann Adam Birkenstock. The church archive of the town of Langen-Berheim in Hesse lists Herr Birkenstock as a "cobbler and subject". 120 years later, in 1896, the master shoemaker Konrad Birkenstock had opened two shoe shops in Frankfurt, selling flexible footbed insoles, and by 1925 sales were so successful that Konrad was able to open the company's first factory. Amazingly, the company is still owned by descendants of the original founder - Alex and Christian Birkenstock, two brothers. In the 1930s and 1940s, Carl Birkenstock wrote and published widely on the subject of podiatry and specialist footwear, developing his theories about the "natural gait" and healthy footwear. When Birkenstock first launched in the United States in the 1970s, the shoes were therefore sold in health shops, widely associating the brand with hippies for many years to come.In more recent years, the company has been looking to expand into more new regions, including the massive Indian and Chinese markets. It is for this reason that the company eventually chose L Catterton a their takeover partner - in a deal rumored to be worth more than four billion euros - since the firm has strong experience of taking brands to Asia. Made in Germany In this day and age, it's unusual to hear of companies who make their products at home, so Birkenstock is a refreshing change from the Global Value Chain (GVC) model which often favors producing or assembling items in countries that have lower setup and labor costs .Instead, Birkenstock still makes their shoes at home in Germany, including a huge modern factory in Görlitz in Saxony, near the border with Poland, which can make a whopping 30,000 pairs of sandals each day. Comfortable, durable and even animal-friendly - In times like these, many of us reach for comfort - in our food choices, TV choices, and even our choice in footwear. Though the words “high fashion shoes” might not immediately spring to mind when someone mentions Birkenstock, the shoes have actually gained much attention on the runway in the last three decades - time and again falling out of favor and then regaining in popularity. From Kate Moss in the 1990s to Birkenstock X Valentino in 2019, the shoes have faced great exposure to the world of high fashion, and even managed to win an award from PETA in 2018 for being the “Most Animal-Friendly Shoe Company” too.After all, you can't shake off a shoe that's got nearly 250 years of history behind it. The secret of Birkenstock's enduring success - Pandemic restrictions have meant one thing for most wardrobes: comfort. As many of us continue to work from home -- and staying safe with a trip to the park remains the height of summer's social calendar -- sensitive flat sandals are now more pervasive than ever.And, it seems, the ultimate expression of this phenomenon is a pair of Birkenstocks.Last month British Vogue declared Birkenstocks the official sandal of 2020, while fashion search engine Lyst reported that they had become the platform's most searched-for shoe. Meanwhile models Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Kaia Gerber have all stepped out in theirs -- with and without socks. Not bad for a shoe that claims to have always put its orthopedic prowess above its fashion appeal.Before Ugg, Crocs, Hasbeens and Fitflop, there was Birkenstock. With its tagline "often copied, never equaled," the storied brand's lineage goes back over two centuries. Now, in these times of uncertainty, there is something reassuringly reliable about this durable sandal.With its boat-like natural cork, jute and latex sole and chunky buckled straps, Birkenstocks make an anti-fashion statement that transcends trends -- yet somehow keeps managing to set them.Origins of comfort - The earliest records of the family shoe business date back to Johann Adam Birkenstock, who worked as a cobbler in Langen-Bergheim, Germany in 1774. By 1896 his grandson, Frankfurt-based shoemaker Konrad, had opened two stores and launched the fussbett (footbed), anatomically shaped insoles that support and form to your foot. By 1925 they were being sold across Europe.The company expanded into week-long educational courses for medical professionals on the musculoskeletal and circulation benefits of its specialist footwear. Then in 1947 Konrad's son Carl published the book "Podiatry -- The Carl Birkenstock System," expounding his approach to supporting one's "natural gait" to achieve healthy feet. This was the first of several Birkenstock textbooks and manuals filled with bracing ideas -- such as walking barefoot in nature and soaking feet in spruce needle salts and cold water.The 1960s proved to be the making of Birkenstock as we know it today. In 1963 Carl's son Karl launched the first sandal, the single-strap Madrid, initially marketed as a gymnastics shoe and still a key style today. Three years later, Margot Fraser, a German dressmaker living in California, was holidaying back home -- drawn as many were to the country's no-nonsense sanatoriums (austere precursors to the modern spa) -- and was recommended a pair of Madrids as therapy for her aching feet.Immediately smitten, she approached the family to become the brand's first US distributor. Fraser initially struggled to drum up interest from shoe sellers, and ended up finding a spot for the sandals at health food stores instead.Here hippies discovered them snuggled next to vitamins and dried lentils, and as the Summer of Love unfolded, Birkenstocks became the shoe of choice for beatniks from San Francisco to Vermont. This new-found cool didn't stop the brand's catalogs from promoting the shoes to everyone -- housewives, golfers, doctors and chefs come all.The two-strap Arizona sandal arrived in 1973, which became -- and remains -- the brand's bestselling style.Counterculture coutureOver the years many subcultures have embraced Birkenstocks as part of a uniform, from surfers and skaters to Deadheads, but it took until 1990 for high fashion to fully take notice. The trend (like many from that decade) originated with Kate Moss. The teenager posed for photographer Corinne Day's July cover shoot for The Face magazine wearing Birkenstocks on the beach. This youthquake moment led to Marc Jacobs choosing the sandal for his Spring-Summer 1993 grunge collection show for Perry Ellis, and soon the shoe was duly adopted by college students and musicians to complement their plaid shirts and baby doll dresses.A decade later Birkenstock saw another spike in status thanks to West London A-listers including Jude Law and Jade Jagger, then Gwyneth Paltrow, who made headlines for preceding heels in favor of these flats during her time in Britain's capital in 2002.Two years later Heidi Klum launched her own limited-edition sandals, featuring biker studded leather and distressed denim. (In tandem with these celebrity endorsements, the noughties were also a time when the pejorative term "Birkenstock liberal" was used by conservatives to invoke the stereotype of a granola-eating, Volvo-driving do-gooder.)These seemingly incongruous fanbases are what makes Birkenstocks so bulletproof. The still family-owned, still German-made brand (it has four factories across the country) has historically put little emphasis on marketing or endorsements.That didn't stop planet fashion calling again in 2012 when Phoebe Philo invented the Furkenstock -- a black Arizona lined in mink fur -- for Céline's Spring-Summer 2013 collection. This instantly sparked a tsunami of demand and other brands, namely Givenchy, Giambattista Valli and Acne, to follow suit with other luxurious versions. By the time normcore landed in 2014 -- a trend wedded to fugly, non-descript footwear -- Birkenstock found itself riding yet another sartorial wave.Since then, under the watchful gaze of current CEOs Oliver Reichert and Markus Bensberg -- who helm on behalf of Karl's sons -- the business has grown exponentially. It is now distributing to over 100 countries and offers around 800 styles -- including the tried and trusted Gizeh thong sandal, and Boston clog -- all of which stay unwaveringly true to the footbed. Its popular vegan range has won awards, and the brand has also moved into other categories including (actual) beds and natural cosmetics.Future styleThe company's newest initiatives are 1774, its Paris studio that manages premium collaborations, and Birkenstock Box, a "mobile, spatial retail concept" that pops up around the world in partnership with concept stores such as Andreas Murkudis in Berlin. One of 1774's relationships is with Rick Owens, whose gender fluid aesthetic offers an obvious synergy. The designer first put his uncompromising spin on Birkenstock for the Spring-Summer 2019 season. Current designs include the Rotterhiker boot and Rotterdam sandal with sturdy rubber straps. "Basically Birkenstocks are like jeans, functional and sexy. Maybe Birkenstock are even the sexiest shoes ever," Owens told GQ Germany.Valentino has joined 1774 too, which has resulted in a clean, tonal Arizona in red and black. The brand's creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli also developed an acid-yellow pair for Frances McDormand to wear with her Valentino haute couture gown to the 2019 Oscars. "I have worn Arizona sandals for most of my adult life. They have literally formed me physically and philosophically... The spark caught fire and there's no going back," said the actor in a press statement.Meanwhile Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez have reinvented both the Arizona and the ankle-strapped Milano with Velcro fastenings and contrast top stitching.But that's not to say the brand has finally succumbed to jumping on every fashionable bandwagon. It's widely reported that it has turned down street style giants Supreme and cult brand Vetements because a collaboration would have resulted in little more than logo placement.A cannier partnership is Birkenstock's educational project with London's Central Saint Martins. First the BA fashion history and theory students were invited to research the brand's prolific archives, then the MA fashion students came up with innovative designs. Four graduates' styles were shown at the 2020 MA show and they are now due to go on sale next February. One of which, the Moto sandal by Alex Wolfe, takes its cues from motocross boots and covers the lower leg in multi-colored, wing-like shin braces."Investing in and connecting with future talents is working with free spirits. A priority for a democratic brand that embraces everyone like Birkenstock. The students showed a genuine understanding of design and delivered a convincing end result," said Reichert. Perhaps an old dog can learn new tricks after all. The 1960s proved to be the making of Birkenstock as we know it today. In 1963 Carl's son Karl launched the first sandal, the single-strap Madrid, initially marketed as a gymnastics shoe and still a key style today. Three years later, Margot Fraser, a German dressmaker living in California, was holidaying back home -- drawn as many were to the country's no-nonsense sanatoriums (austere precursors to the modern spa) -- and was recommended a pair of Madrids as therapy for her aching feet.Immediately smitten, she approached the family to become the brand's first US distributor. Fraser initially struggled to drum up interest from shoe sellers, and ended up finding a spot for the sandals at health food stores instead. The company's newest initiatives are 1774, its Paris studio that manages premi

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