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How long should Birkenstocks last?

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Yorkiegirl · 05/07/2006 20:28

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madrose · 05/07/2006 20:29

you're right - you've a dodgy pair - still living in a pair I had 5 years ago.

kiera · 09/07/2006 22:08

I've hadmine about 7 years and I wear them every day in summer

amazonianwoman · 09/07/2006 22:43

Hope you don't mind me asking, but don't they get a bit whiffy? My 1st pair (2 yrs old) are still in great condition but STINK, and my second pair (about 2 mths old) are starting to smell too!

I don't have sweaty feet and none of my other shoes seem to smell???

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Yorkiegirl · 09/07/2006 22:43

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poisson · 09/07/2006 22:44

stinkoids

MrsSpoon · 09/07/2006 22:44

Let us know how you get on Yorkiegirl. I am wearing a pair of Madrids at the moment and the top strap is slightly split, they are only a year old too.

MrsSpoon · 09/07/2006 22:44

They don't smell though.

stitch · 09/07/2006 22:46

mine dont smell, but the cork bit under my big toe seems to be disintegrating. thought that wasstn supposed to happen
bought them last year.

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Yorkiegirl · 09/07/2006 22:52

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MamaG · 09/07/2006 23:17

they would last about 10 seconds in my house as I would put them in the bin - ugliest shoes in the world!!

That was constructive, wasn't it?!

expatinscotland · 09/07/2006 23:20

PMSL, MamaG!

Eeeww, Jesus sandals they are.

controlfreaky2 · 09/07/2006 23:22

mamag and expat.... you are WRONG

expatinscotland · 09/07/2006 23:24

Well, true in one respect, freaky. I wouldn't bin them, I'd sell them on Ebay to some saddo who thought they were all right to wear in public. Or anywhere outside a re-enactment of The Passion.

MamaG · 09/07/2006 23:25

ROFL

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Yorkiegirl · 09/07/2006 23:27

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MamaG · 09/07/2006 23:28

Can't be without my heels/wedges

expatinscotland · 09/07/2006 23:30

Heels/wedges/or just a nice, strappy sandal.

You know, ones that look good and make your legs look good, too?

Birkies don't do anyone any favours.

controlfreaky2 · 09/07/2006 23:32

you are woman of dubious taste (and uncomfortable shoes)... if you cannot see the beauty that is a birkie there is no hope.... [flounce]

MamaG · 09/07/2006 23:33

never thought I'd see beauty and birkie in the same sentence

controlfreaky2 · 09/07/2006 23:35

hah! love a pointy black shoe of a weekday... but for the summer hols its got to be birkies...

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Yorkiegirl · 09/07/2006 23:37

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Yorkiegirl · 09/07/2006 23:38

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apronstrings · 09/07/2006 23:39

yg - i got given a pair last year that are splitting too. >>
and only one of the pairs they were selling were leather - i went and looked at mine and they are not leather - shows how much attention I pay. I had a pair way back and they lasted years - very disappointing cos they are not cheap and if they're not even going to last there are plenty of knock offs out there

controlfreaky2 · 09/07/2006 23:40

yorkiegirl! that's no way to talk about yourself... and is hardly helpful to the birkie cause...

MamaG · 09/07/2006 23:41

Dont worry about the cause, I can state here and now that I will NEVER be converted !!