Let me tell you about Birkenstocks
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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is teva a brand name or like, the name of the sandal type?
Yeah it's a brand. But there are tons of cheaper similar ones everywhere. That said my Tevas have all been extremely durable, comfortable and quality made.
I wear socks with flip flops like the one on the left around the house. My husband calls them my pig feet and he haaaates them. Sometimes I take off the flip flops and the cloven toe sock remains for a while. He super hates that haha
Tabi aside, what's with the yellow tips...?
Piss
Brand of sock called Gold Toes
Rejected Bond villain opened up a sock factory?
Just as pictured. Very sensible.
The Japanese have been wearing tabi socks for hundreds of years. It's infuriating that it hasn't caught on here especially considering the advantages that sandals bring in a world that will continue to get hotter for the rest of our lives.
I find that unnecessary,you can just pull the normal sock like 1cm out and put the flip-flop, the extra sock space will take the form correctly and you don't need a specialised sock.
I was gonna bring those up. I've only ever seen them twice, from the same person. They look weird, but I gotta imagine that they're at least somewhat comfortable to still be in use today. Practical too, considering they're the only type of socks I know of that you can wear with flip-flops/toe dividing sandals without damaging your socks.
I love them. They tend to be more practical than toe socks, which can cause some issues because people tend to have drastically different toe lengths.
Tabi socks with Bedrock sandals is the happiest my feet have ever been.
All good to rock the sandals without socks though. Helps with the heat, even
It does indeed! I hike in sandals, however, and hate applying sun screen to my feet. The socks are mostly sun and abration protection. When you're putting in 10 to 15 miles in a day the socks start to get important.
Bedrock sandals sells a pair of tabi socks on their website, which are great, but only come in polyester.
Makes sense!
I guess I would opt for roman-style sandals for that type of hiking which would come with out-of-the-box regular sock compatibility.
Look up Tabio
Their website does look promising, thank you! Bedrock Sandals, who I have bought several pairs of sandals from, sell a pair of tabi socks on their website, but they only sell polyester. I've been looking for durable wool and cotton versions of the same thing.
Holy hell.
Both independently of either.