Are these shoes back in fashion?

[GirlPolo]

I’m seeing loads of people wearing them but they still look like old people’s shoes to me! They look super comfy though so may invest in a pair.

I love Birkenstocks. The cork bed moulds to your feet once they been worn in. I find them very comfortable and they provide good arch support which really helps as I have fallen arches. A decent pair (not look a likes) should last a good few years too.

I have several from primark. Black, white, tan, orange, and silver! Love them!

they make me look like a nun

I’ve seen a lot more younger women wearing them for the last couple of year, BUT I believe the ‘hot item’ right now is flip flops. Specifically ones with a chunkier sole, and a wide, fabric toe strap - see The Row - or the ones with a toe strap that looks like jelly.

They never went out of fashion? I’ve been wearing them for 10 years, since I was 25. ‘Old people’ fashion is great: comfortable, casual, long lasting. What’s not to love?!

Me too ! Long 2nd and 3rd toes.

Wouldn’t they have been cheaper because you bought them years ago?😂

someone will have to prise my Birkies from my cold dead feet (if I die in summertime). Omg they’re so comfy.

Wearing birkies right now. The cross over at big toe ones.

Don't think they'll ever be 'out'

I live in mine.

I have a lovely white leather pair and I'm 35 ... I don't think they've ever been out of fashion tbh.

And cool surfers round here….

I have that exact same pair @GirlPolo and have been wearing them all week on holiday in Cornwall... great for walks clambering along the coast, easy to slip on and off when going to the beach. Love them! Probably not the most flattering things to be perfectly honest but I'm nearly 50 and comfort wins! I'm not particularly trendy but my v fashionable sis in law donated them to me last year so they must be OK 😁

Sad tattoo folk? What on earth is that supposed to mean?

Showing my age but when I was a youngster they were an indication of being a gay woman. Like carabiners nowadays. I’ve just never been able to get on with shoes with a foot bed!

Methinks @Kiltis just a TAD judgy.

Old people shoes 🤔

Maybe they are, I bought my first pair in about 2003 at the time Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, SJP and various other fashion figures were seen in them. I bought them for fashion, haven't stopped wearing them as they are SO bloody comfy.

Those have never been old peoples shoes. They are not even shoes. They are sandals or mules. Footbed tripe shoes have been surfer and hot climate footwear forever. If seen with socks the look stems from the Germanic/Scandinavian tradition not older people or the 1970s.

They have been on trend in recent years in the UK

Have Birks ever NOT been ipopular?

Look on Vinted.

I have five pairs..live in them.

Birkenstocks cured my plantar fasciitis. I have a few different styles including boots for the winter.
I don’t wear them for fashion.

Fat Face version soooo much more comfortable. Especially the suede ones. I have 4 pairs now….

They becsme more popular in 2023 with the Barbie movie.

They look great on you op.

I’ve bought a new pair of gizeh every year for last 18 years

I've got a FitFlop version so probably even more like old people's shoes. Birkenstocks are too flat for me. They are as close to wearing trainers as I can get in sandal form and they are the only sandals which were comfortable when I had plantar fasciitis eight years ago. Also they seem to be indestructible.

www.fitflop.com/uk/en/shop/lulu-adjustable-leather-slides-p-ES7#592