Comments on: Deluded

By: La petite anglaise

La petite anglaise — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:12:58 +0000

Actually it’s ‘chacun a ses gouts’ for those of you who want to swank without even learning a language so much easier than english….chacun a son gout is actually in pretty bad taste for a man who is meant to be an arbiter of good taste, and is instead showing himself up as simply ignorant. I mean come on, it’s such a schoolboy error Robbie Williams has got it tattooed on his torso.
Go back to school!

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:06:02 +0000

Too funny kasmic ;) I drive the more modern S60 Volvo…..

By: Chintz Cottage » Birkenstocks

Chintz Cottage » Birkenstocks — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:01:59 +0000

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By: kasmic

kasmic — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:34:50 +0000

Michele, I am hoping that the Volvo you drive is a late model XC90–if it’s an old Volvo, you could be arrested for wearing anything but Birkenstocks ;-)

By: gidget bananas

gidget bananas — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:00:47 +0000

“Not all Vermonters are birk-wearing leftist loonies out to control your world.” Oh, that is sad to hear just when the Gidget was thinking good thoughts about the Vermont.

By: jj

jj — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:55:03 +0000

I own a pair of birkenstock ibizas and I must say that it gives me a perverse case of the giggles every time I think of how much the Manolo hates them so.

But I’m a california girl and here one really does need a pair of hippie sandals to wear with the jeans and the boho skirts. I tend toward the classics in all things, so the birkies just seem right. Like the black slingback with the business suit.

By: Fern

Fern — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:17:28 +0000

They may not be a feast for the eyes, but the particular style you show does have its medical uses, Manolo. I wear them in summer because they help to prevent a fungal growth under my toenails. I get it when my feet sweat in a closed shoe. The fungus normally takes me six months to a year to get rid of it, so I wear something that looks very much like Birkenstocks– although mine are better constructed and are made by Ecco– when I am going to walk long distances and I know my toes will sweat. My “Eccostocks” give me excellent walking-shoe support, even though they are open, and they keep my toes cool. Since I have worn them, I have had no fungal problems. If my destination requires dressier shoes, I carry a pair with me and change into them.

I love beautiful shoes too, and I know this is a blog about aesthetics not dermatology, but sometimes the two can be at war with each other. When that happens to me, dermatology always wins.

By: VeddyVeddyBadAng

VeddyVeddyBadAng — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:08:10 +0000

I was introduced to the Birkenstocks 10 years ago when I arrived at college. Due to peer pressure, I did buy a pair of cheap knock-offs at the time (No way would I buy the real thing. $80? You must be joking!), but soon ditched them in favor of my own style, which did not lurch towards the granolas of crunchiness. “Comfort” is no comfort when you’re walking around in public looking like a schlubby hippie.

I find John’s comment especially amusing, since we called Birks “Jesus Shoes” in those days – how appropriate for the seminary students!

By: Sfandra

Sfandra — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:21:11 +0000

I am more annoyed about the portrayal of my home state as being the bastion of leftist fascism than I am by the critique of the Birkies (the which I left behind many many moons ago in favor of simple black leather slides). Not all Vermonters are birk-wearing leftist loonies out to control your world. Many of us are simple hardworking souls, saving our money for decadent splurge vacations, shopping in Montreal or NYC…..
In truth, most of the birkie-wearing leftist fascists are from New Hampshire, or Massachusetts-escapees.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:55:07 +0000

Um yes Lauren, as it happens you’re wrong & Manolo’s correct about the French phrase. The sense of it is, basically– ah well, ‘to each his own’ (i.e. taste). (Heh, this makes me more pedantic than you, so no worries.)