{"id":14981,"date":"2022-11-08T09:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=14981"},"modified":"2022-11-08T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:58:58","slug":"birkenstocks-pick-up-with-tiktok-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/14981","title":{"rendered":"Birkenstocks pick up with TikTok exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Paige Padavich–<\/strong>Boston Birkenstocks are a popular trend that are selling out fast due to popularity on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boston Birkenstocks, specifically the taupe pair, have been seen on multiple social media platforms including Tik Tok. They can be described as a clog shaped shoe with a rounded top and an open backside, with a cork bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what local retailers have to say about the popular Boston Birkenstocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The taupe Birkenstocks have been the most popular, but a Scheels associate said, \u201cThe taupe sold out fast, so now people are grabbing other styles and colors. A lot of the sizes are sold out, including narrow and wide styles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a Scheels associate in the shoe department, there have been multiple people asking about these shoes. Customers are coming in asking for the \u201cTik Tok Birkenstocks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Scheels and Rudolph\u2019s Shoe Mart have some Boston Birkenstocks left, but not many. Scheels recently sold out of the taupe and the soft footbed pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Famous Footwear doesn\u2019t regularly carry them in store, and when they are in store they sell out fast. An associate said, \u201cWe only sell the Boston Birkenstocks online. Once in a while, we will get a pair returned and they are gone fast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige, a Scheels associate in the shoe department, said she wears Birkenstocks and \u201cTok Tok made me buy them.\u201d She thought they were cute and fun. She also has other pairs of Birkenstocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are popular because they are a name brand and very comfortable,\u201d says Paige. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An associate at Rudolph\u2019s Shoe Mart also commented on the reason of popularity: \u201cThey are very supportive, but I don\u2019t know if that has anything to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige said she knew about the Birkenstocks before they were popular, but she has heard people talk about them and seen them on social media. She said, \u201cThings that are on Tik Tok tend to pick up and be popular.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boston Birkenstocks can range from $140-$170. However, price doesn\u2019t mean much to some people. Birkenstock lovers are willing to pay double the retail price, if that means they will get to have these shoes. Some people are buying them in any size and reselling them on sites like eBay and Poshmark for a huge markup because they know people will pay that price for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about how fast fashion trends like this one affect the economy, business professor Dan Wubbena said, \u201cThere\u2019s no impact because it\u2019s a fad that will be over by the time we are out of school in May.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Paige Padavich–Boston Birkenstocks are a popular trend that are selling out fast due to popularity on social media. The Boston Birkenstocks, specifically the taupe pair, have been seen on multiple social media platforms including Tik Tok. They can be described as a clog shaped shoe with a rounded top and an open backside, with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":14982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4287],"tags":[46933,46880,46928],"class_list":["post-14981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-morningsidemustangs","tag-msidelife","tag-msidemustangs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14983,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14981\/revisions\/14983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}