Birkenstock’s weirdest good idea is back for fall. The Uerzell, the sneaker-mule from the brand’s Paris-based 1774 special projects line, returns in its third chapter with three new colorways: Cuoio, a light tan; Caccia, a midcentury sage green; and Wine, a burgundy with a strange blue strip at the collar that I kind of love.
If you missed the first two chapters: the Uerzell mashes a lace-up sneaker upper onto a backless clog body, with an exposed cork midsole and Birkenstock’s sculpted thermorubber outsole. It’s designed with Thibo Denis, who now runs menswear at Louis Vuitton, which explains why it looks like nothing else in Birkenstock’s catalog while still being unmistakably Birkenstock. The Blue Footbed inside is removable and anatomically shaped, a nod to the brand’s orthopedic roots.
Nothing structural changed this time. It’s a color drop: $395 a pair, available now through 1774.com and select stockists. The Caccia green is the one I’d take, mostly because the world has enough tan shoes.
