Have You Met Birkenstock's Chunkier, Funkier Offshoot?
Birkenstock is nothing if not loyal to its roots. All the more impressive, then, is the German brand's creativity in how to reimagine its iconic footwear for new audiences, times, and aesthetics, without neglecting said origins.
Following the recent launch of gorped-up alternatives to their flagship models, Birkenstock's Papillio diffusion claims center stage. Regarded as the chunkier, funkier sibling of the main line, Papillios are a candy-colored take on the 250-year-old company's house codes.
Or not. Available, too, in Birkenstock's more naturalistic palette of hues and materials, the Papillio range is just as committed to support, sturdiness and sustainability as its relatives, but with a more distinguished taste for the experimental and eccentric.
As such, the Papillio's embrace of buff and bold is a welcome refresher to a market that's all about skinny sneakers. Classic Birkenstock, marching to the beat of its own drum — in ever-so ergonomically designed shoes of course.
Birkenstock's Papillios Are for Chunk & Funk Lovers
Florida EVA Flex Platfrom
Starting with what is, indeed, a louder, livelier counterpart to the Florida sandal, these three-buckled gummy platforms are as fun as they are fashionable, for summer footwear you'll have no problem wearing all day and night, neither comfort- nor occasion-wise.
Boston Chunky Natural Leather
A glossy black take on the Boston, the elegant leather (which also wraps the footbed!) brings a sleek, sexy element to the slip-ons which is then contrasted with a thicc, grippy sole. The juxtaposition sounds wrong but looks — and feels — oh, so right.
Boston Chunky Suede Leather
The rich brown suede of these black-heeled Bostons evokes a whole other kind of vibe, to the point one'd almost be damned not just to get both these and the above, for a most-versatile rotation of classic-with-a-twist clogs.
Arizona PAP Flex Platform
Rather than its toothier colleagues, these literally elevated Arizonas sit atop an evenly cushioned base, lending Birkenstock's ultimate beacon product a hard-hitting makeover that, like the rest, retains the best of what it's loved for.
