How long should Birkenstocks last?

[Yorkiegirl]

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I like birkies too. Prefer mephistos - but pricey.

Saw a lovely pair of earth shoes recently - thet are meabt to be good for bad backs

Ironed clothes make your legs look good too Expat!

how exactly mrs spoon (and any other ironing crazed types)??

You can have the most glam shoes in the world on but IMO they look nothing without a nicely ironed outfit to go.

If I do the School run wearning my Birkies I still think I look smart because I am wearing a nicely ironed skirt or ironed linen trousers.

For the record I do have other shoes for smarter occasions.

oh i can see there's no sense to be had from you ironing ladies.... have now seen that raging ironing thread...... IRONED JEANS ffs??? that's not just unnecessary / mad, they look HORRID. will stop this virtual shouting now and go upstairs to stroke and pet my birkie collection and mutter to myself....

Do you not find the bottom bit of your jeans (particularly bootlegs) are all crumpled looking? I don't get it, it only takes a minute to iron jeans (unless you are putting crip creases down the front or something ).

this is interesting - is there a link btwn birtie wearers and ironing freaks - i wear birkies and iron almost everything ( I sadly gave up ironing tea towels and vests on the birth of my 4th child- i had to let them go ) but everything else is nicely pressed

'Ironed clothes make your legs look good too Expat! '

Not when they're in trousers most of the year b/c it's so bloody cold here.

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After I've worn them a month or two in the summer they do whiff a little bit, but as they are natural materials rather than manmade it's not too bad, quite pleasant actually imho lol, I hate the stink you get with manmade materials like slippers. I agree they are not the most beautiful of footwear but I suffer from chronic plantar fasciitus (heel pain - brought upon by step aerobics 10 years ago) and they are the only sandals I can wear without pain. As far as I'm concerned, they're worth their weight in gold!

K

I have worn mine with socks in Winter

mine are 4 yrs and look perfect
def dodgy pair YG
I love mine, they have no odor issues
I wear them under long jeans or around the garden (with clothes on too I hasten to add)I do have more appropriate lady like sandals for such other occasions

they have them in costco for £15 and £20 atm

UCMalong with your lady garden issues you are a true pariah

All you Birki wearers, how do you clean the footbed. I have a pair and they don't smell but the footed looks black. I've tried baby wipes but not much use.

I have a new pair but they are the thong variety and I am still brealink them in.

Can I just say that for anyone with a bad back they are a godsend!!

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All the more reason to iron them then expat!

never ahd one. probably never will have. im with mamaG and expat, im more wedges and heels mummy.

Hmmmm maybe there is a link between B wearers and manic-ironers - I don't iron. EVER.

drosophila

You need to scrub at the footbed, wipes are no good. Something like a nail brush would do it with some suede cleaner, preferably the stuff that you can mix with water or that foams up.

birkies v good if you're prone to bunions

MamaG, nope cos' I don't iron anything, ever and I live,breath & sleep in my BKS

Thats that theory gone, then

mmmm anyone ever tried iropning their birkies??

Thanks for the advice