Birkenstock
Birkenstock builds sandals, clogs and shoes around a contoured cork-and-latex footbed that molds to the wearer's foot. Core styles include the two-strap Arizona, single-strap Madrid, Gizeh thong and the Boston clog, offered in leather, suede, felt and moulded EVA. The company traces to 1774, when a member of the Birkenstock family worked as a cobbler in the German village of Langen-Bergheim. It is majority-owned by private equity firm L Catterton and has traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BIRK since its October 2023 listing, while fashion collaborations with houses such as Dior, Rick Owens and Stussy keep it in the streetwear conversation.
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Does Birkenstock run big or small?
Birkenstock runs large. Convert to your EU size and size down if you are between sizes, and choose Narrow unless you know you have a wide foot. Birkenstock is a footwear brand rather than an apparel label, and the widely repeated experience is that the sandals and clogs run large and wide, with most wearers sizing down and picking the Narrow width unless they have broad feet.
How does Birkenstock fit?
Birkenstock is a footwear brand rather than an apparel label, and the widely repeated experience is that the sandals and clogs run large and wide, with most wearers sizing down and picking the Narrow width unless they have broad feet. Overall shape: broad, anatomically shaped footbed with a roomy toe box; offered in Regular and Narrow widths.
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