{
  "id": 267,
  "slug": "selected-birkinstock",
  "name": "Birkinstock",
  "brand": "MSCHF",
  "url": "https://mschf.com/",
  "category": "apparel",
  "form": "Sandals made from dismantled Birkin bags",
  "tldr": [
    "MSCHF dismantled genuine Birkin bags and used their leather to construct sandals.",
    "The expensive input is destroyed in public. The manufacturing process becomes a critique of how luxury value is assigned.",
    "An MSCHF project, not an official Hermès or Birkenstock collaboration."
  ],
  "hook": "MSCHF dismantled genuine Birkin bags and used their leather to construct sandals.",
  "why": "The expensive input is destroyed in public. The manufacturing process becomes a critique of how luxury value is assigned.",
  "gap": "An MSCHF project, not an official Hermès or Birkenstock collaboration.",
  "img": "standouts/birkinstock.jpg",
  "credit_page": "https://birkinstock.shoes/",
  "img_src_url": "https://birkinstock.shoes/social/share-card-facebook.jpg",
  "tags": [
    "material"
  ],
  "availability": "unknown",
  "price": null,
  "catalog_date": "2026-10-14",
  "claim_status": "editorial_summary",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://birkinstock.shoes/",
      "kind": "official_product_page",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-14",
      "scope": "Project/product page: identity and creative premise; current availability unverified."
    }
  ],
  "unknown_fields": [
    "current_price",
    "current_stock",
    "independent_claim_verification"
  ],
  "added_batch": "2026-10-14-distinctive-products",
  "research_question": "An MSCHF project, not an official Hermès or Birkenstock collaboration.",
  "editor_rank": 3,
  "featured_order": 3
}