The Great Birkenstock Debate

Should you buy Birkenstocks or not?

If you go back to the summer of 2013, you wouldn’t even hear the mention of Birkenstocks. In fact, some people probably wouldn’t even know what a Birkenstock was or where it came from. “Did you hear she got the Birkenstock?” is probably something a dimwitted, trying-too-hard blogger would probably say. Jump to right now, you can’t stop reading or hearing about Birkenstocks and the many different ways to style them.

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Here we have the infamous Olsen sisters in a pair of Birkenstocks.

Do you even 90s bro? Seriously, bro. I recently thought of picking up a pair of Birkenstocks the other day. As a friend of Dorothy, I thought it would be a really good look for me. A few friends of mine, of the female variety, have recently invested in a pair and I started to get some FOMO. Per usual, I did some research. For one, Intermix is selling this pair for $210. Hold though, because you can get the same pair on the Birkenstock website for $120. I see what you’re doing Intermix.

I know that this trend will not last long. Why? Because this shit always happens. Remember when gladiator sandals were a thing? When was the last time you wore a fanny pack? Fashion loves this shit. Everyone eats it up. Sure, it’s not really that expensive. It could also be fairly cute if you know what you’re doing. According to Vogue, fashion girls have fallen madly in love with them.

The act of dressing like a normal person (aka normcore) has picked up and Birkenstocks are at the top of the normcore pyramid. If you can dress like an everyday person, you can be the most fashion forward person in the room.

Why even bother? Seriously. Keep running around in awesome pair of sneakers for spring and don’t think too much on this Birkenstock thing. Case closed.