It's a loaded word around these parts during the NBA playoffs thanks to sports rivalries and heartbreak. But more and more these days, when you hear 'Boston' in L.A., you think about shoes.
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Like so many of Birkenstock’s product line, the Boston comes in an array of colors and materials — from oiled leather and suede to a synthetic called EVA. There are versions with shearling in the footbed and on the upper. What every model has in common is the simple construction.
But Birkenstocks were once solely the province of the hippie. Flailing around for anything resembling a counterculture, I took to wearing the classic Birkenstock Arizonas during high school in the early 2000s. It’s an understatement to say I got my share of confused looks or worse yet, people who assumed I only wore Tom’s natural deodorant. You know, the kind that makes your body odor worse instead of better.But even back then, elements of the hippie lifestyle were bubbling back to the surface.
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