Etro and Birkenstock's second drop puts the Arizona sandal in the pairing for the first time
Etro Japan said the second "Birkenstock by Etro" drop goes on sale from November 12 through Etro's boutiques, its Japan stores among them, widening a cold-weather clog line into open-toe sandals for the first time.
Etro Japan said the house's collaboration with Birkenstock has reached a second instalment, widening a partnership that so far covered only clogs. The first drop of "Birkenstock by Etro" reached shops in September, following the pairing's runway debut in Milan; the new pieces go on sale from November 12, Etro Japan said in a statement distributed through PR Times.
The new drop reworks the Boston clog in a mink-toned suede with sand-coloured shearling lining, timed, the companies said, to close out the style's 50th-anniversary year. It also brings in the Arizona -- Birkenstock's open-toe sandal, designed by Karl Birkenstock in 1973 -- for the first time, with a suede upper over a nappa-leather footbed dyed to match. Both styles keep the first drop's bone-pattern outsole, now overlaid with Etro's paisley motif, and add western-style buckles, metal strap ends and rivets stamped with Etro's Pegaso (Pegasus) emblem.
The collection ships from November 12 through Etro's own site, 1774.com, Etro boutiques worldwide -- including its Japan stores -- and Birkenstock's limited-run shops, rolling out in stages rather than all at once, Etro Japan said. Pricing wasn't disclosed.
Clogs sell through autumn and winter; open sandals do not. Pulling the Arizona into a collaboration that launched as a cold-weather clog line turns what was a single-season tie-up into one that can stay on the floor past the winter selling period it was built for -- useful for Etro's more than 160 stores in over 20 countries, Japan's among them, once the clogs stop moving.