A post shared by Proenza Schouler (@proenzaschouler)My own relationship with Birks began in the Nineties. I was 16, about to join my best friend’s family on holiday in Spain, and I’d been inspired by Kate Moss, who wore a white pair of Arizona sandals for a shoot with Corinne Day.
I knew they would be just the thing to nonchalantly show off my tanned feet - and my friend had had the same idea. We spent the entire holiday twinning in our sandals, which carried us from pool, to beach, to bar.
Now, the Birk-style sandal is so popular, there are countless high fashion iterations of it, from Miu Miu’s crystal-embellished version, to Chanel’s logo-ed take, to Isabel Marant’s studded suede Lennyo.Of course for die-hard fans, nothing quite beats.
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