Birkenstocks

Summer Sandal Trend: The Flatform Sandal

Thank God Birkenstocks are once again out of fashion (not that I EVER thought they were in nor would I ever be caught dead in them!). What’s the hot sandal that’s equally as comfortable, but not nearly as ugly this summer? Flatform sandals! You get the height of a heel without the discomfort! Win win. Be warned, don’t try to rock the Frankenstein 4 inch flatform. They will look ridiculous on you if you are over 40 (think “trying too hard”). One or even 2 inches is fine. Any more than that should be for your daughter. Wear your flatform sandals with cropped jeans or even a midi skirt.

Opening Ceremony To Show Magritte-Inspired Collection At London Fashion Week

Carol Lim and Humberto Leon are collaborating with the Magritte Foundation on a new collection. The co-creative directors of Opening Ceremony (and also the team behind the backdrop wall of real chocolate that dripped behind the models during their New York Fashion Week show) will present a Magritte-inspired men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collection at London …

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Death To Birkenstocks!

When I read the title ‘Sandals That Are So Ugly They’re Chic: Fashion Embraces Flat, Birkenstock-Style Sandals’ in last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, I gasped. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine Birkenstocks would be considered high-fashion. I have always hated Birkenstocks and always will. Growing up only hippes and Dead Heads wore them. …

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