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The Cut (US): A fable how Birkenstocks become cool

20.08.2018

For her story on BIRKENSTOCK, the multiple award-winning US fashion journalist Cathy Horyn ("The Washington Post", "Vogue", Vanity Fair") visited the production facility in Görlitz in 2018 together with star photographer Jürgen Teller and interviewed CEO Oliver Reichert.

The Cut (USA): The Dwarf, the Prince, and the Diamond in the Mountain An unlikely fable, in which Birkenstocks become cool and double sales overnight. 

Für ihre Story über BIRKENSTOCK besuchte die vielfach ausgezeichnete US-Modejournalistin Cathy Horyn („The Washington Post“, „Vogue“, Vanity Fair“) im Jahr 2018 gemeinsam mit Star-Fotograf Jürgen Teller die Produktion in Görlitz, interviewte CEO Oliver Reichert in Florenz und recherchierte die Familien- und Unternehmensgeschichte.

Das Ergebnis: ein ungewöhnlicher, facettenreicher und sehr professioneller Einblick in die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft des größten deutschen Schuhherstellers mit globaler Bekanntheit und weltweitem Erfolg.

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