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The original Birkenstock womens shoes that were available in black, and were used for walking, were known as the London enclosed leather designs that had the classic wide front and a single buckle. Although still one of the top selling black flat shoes for women, they’re no longer the only closed Birkenstock walking shoe. The black flat shoes now offered by Birkenstock under the Footprints collections provide a wider range of styles for women to choose from.

Both professional women and young girls are loving the Alma design, which is a more traditional closed shoe with a t-strap and smaller buckle. It’s one of the top selling black flat shoes in the Birkenstock collections in the US.

There area also the Janeiro, the Casablanca, as well as the Elmira and Sao Luis Birkenstock womens shoes that have a retro / vintage styling that’s great for college students. While many of them are categorized under black flat shoes, in fact they are available in a variety of natural colors, like chestnut, whisky, deep brown and even tobacco, although most also come in more formal black leather.

Why are Birkenstock shoes so highly rated year after year? Because the footbed in unique. It’s made of cork and molds to the shape of each foot, something that many cheaper flat shoes don’t offer. The ergonomic design of the Birkenstock footwear collections are world renowned for being the best walking shoes even for people with problems. Because the flat shoes designs also offer a wide toe area, cramping is minimized, and because the arch support is outstanding, people with no arches, fallen arches or high arches, can all benefit from the way the footbed is crafted.

The Birkenstock womens shoes collections that range from classic birks to the footprints styles are all available online through the official website in the US and world-wide dealers who offer the genuine articles. Be careful not to buy imitations that may cost a fraction of what a genuine birk costs. Yes, they’re expensive, but they last. Many women who have bought a single pair of flat walking shoes from the Birkenstock series, wear them daily for 10 or more years before having to replace them.