does anyone else thinks Birkenstocks are disguting?

[complexo]

I mean, the insoles goes black with the mark of your feet, it looks so dirty and horrible...some models are pretty and people say it is comfortable but...

No.

I like them.

no they are fine, just wash them! they go black depending on how dirty your feet are. but i just wash them with hot soapy water after a day at the beach or somewhere mucky and they come up fine.

I like them.

I think they look horrendous.

Quite! No different from any other sandal and if anything Birkenstocks are better as they are made of cork so don't end up stinky.

Mine are disgusting. Filthy in fact. And knackered. But so comfy. I can't bring myself to throw them away even though the backs have completely worn away.

no and they are soooooooooo comfy

I don't find them comfortable at all. My friends all told me to persevere so I wore them for two summers but still found them to be the most uncomfortable shoes I have ever worn. Not even bothering with them this year. They don't even look particularly stylish, not sure what all the fuss is about really!

No. I love mine. My feet never look dirty in them and they don't stink either.
They go with everything I wear and more importantly they are comfy. Job done.

I think they're awful. but there's a kind of oooh look how slim and toned i am that i can still look good in these awful old yokes kind of vibe about them.

I can honestly say I never ever think 'look how slim and toned I look'.

We can't all like the same thing can we.

I think they're comfy if standing still, in that they mould to your feet.

BUT, is it just me or are they soooo stiff when actually walking in them? I feel quite clumpy, as there's no 'bend' like other shoes, in the sole?

I live in mine. I don't care that they turn my feet black or that they go manky. They are comfortable, support my feet and my Papillo ones are pretty.

So no, I don't.

You'n me both, Miss

God I love mine. They are about the only thing that look ok on my feet for summer. Dead comfy, and great for my flat feet.

Yes Sheep, I find them very stiff too. I don't find flat shoes easy to walk in at all.

They're not pretty, but they're not in the same league as crocs for disgustingness. I saw someone on their way to work yesterday, suit, and everything, with wet hair and crocs. It was just so ... wrong

Yeah wet hair on the way to work looks odd full stop. Let alone with crocs added in to the mix. Like people who wear suits with trainers, I get the point but it looks strange to me. Especially bright white ones.

OTOH though I love Birkenstocks. With dry hair. And casual clothes.

I have high arches and bunions, wide feet at the front and narrow at the back and if you purpose-designed a shoe to be as uncomfortable, flappy and clodhoppy as possible for me you could not do better than the Birkenstock. Yet another area of S&B where I have to read what magazines say and assume that for me the total polar opposite is true.

I got my first pair in 1996 and wore them till November (feet were going a shade of blue) when they had to be wrenched off me

I bloody love em

and the healthy Germans what make em

No. I like them. I couldn't wear anything else when I was pregnant because my feet were so swollen for the last three months. And they've lasted so well that I still wear them now that DS is 3.

And I let my frizzy curly hair dry naturally so it is always wet when I am on my way to work. I get up early enough already, I'm not getting up any earlier just so my hair is dry when I leave the house. I don't wear suits though.

And how about Havaianas? Who loves and who loathes it?