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16.03.2015

The New Yorker (US): "Sole Cycle"

What do Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim and BIRKENSTOCK have in common? According to US journalist Rebecca Mead, a lot. Get ready to be surprised with her article "Sole Cycle - The homely Birkenstock gets a fashion makeover." surprise.

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What do Pablo Picasso, Meret Oppenheim and BIRKENSTOCK have in common? According to U.S. journalist Rebecca Mead, they have a lot in common - including the connection between the domestic and the erotic in Oppenheim's artwork and function and design at BIRKENSTOCK.

From this, Mead tells the story of change at BIRKENSTOCK. Knowledgeable and researched in detail. With extensive interviews, visits to the factory in Görlitz and the former company headquarters in Neuwied. And here's the secret: Everything she predicted and described about the development of BIRKENSTOCK has come true in the last few years.

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E-mail:mediabirkenstockcom

Contact - News Birkenstock

Press contact

Jochen Gutzy
Chief Communications Officer

Birkenstock Group B.V. & Co. KG
Burg Ockenfels
53545 Linz

Postal address:
Sedanstraße 4
D-50668 Köln

E-mail:mediabirkenstockcom

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