Find summer sandals at discount prices online.
You don’t have to spend a fortune to get comfort and style this summer season. Earthy types can find discounted Birkenstocks; fashion hounds can get trendy inexpensive platform sandals; and all summer lovers, young and old, can take home that staple of summer footwear—the flip flop.
Find discounted and affordable sandals at the following online retailers.
Cheap Birkenstocks
Buying the classic cork-and-leather Birkenstock sandals online is a great way to save on these pricey, but long lasting, shoes. Not a summer sandal in the strictest sense of the word (ragg wool socks and Birkenstocks are common fall site on college campuses), these sturdy sandals also fit in at the beach, the store, or the latest protest march. And, for Birkie fans who don’t want to wear leather, the company now produces shoes with a synthetic Birko-Flor upper.
Get discounted Birkenstocks at such stores as Sierra Trading Post, which offers great discounts on many styles, like the classic Birkenstock Arizona Sandal for men and women, pictured below, for $64.35 (retail $110). Most styles are closeouts, so sizes may be limited. Sierra Trading Post also includes a handy size conversion chart for Birkenstock’s European sizes. A women’s U.S. size, for example, converts to a European size 38.
Platform Wedge Sandal
Available only online, Payless’s Holla Banana Wedge Sandal comes in black, gold, and red with a satin-wrapped heel that matches the strappy, slingback upper. Keep your balance in style with a 3-1/2-inch cork print wedge heel (see photo below). All synthetic materials. Available in whole and half sizes from 5 to 9.5 and whole sizes from 10 to 12. Price: $24.99, with free delivery to your local Payless store or $5.80 shipping to your home address.
Discount Teva Sandals
Check the Campmor website for clearance deals on Teva sandals and shoes from the originator of the rugged sport sandal with a rubber sole and secure strapping system. Campmor carries styles like the classic men’s Teva Hurricane 3 Sport Sandal, seen below, considered the purest form of Teva design. (Price: $19.97, shipping: $6.95) Campmor also offers men’s, women’s, and kid’s sale Teva sandals in a variety of styles. Sizes may be limited, but standard shipping on all orders of any quantity at Campmor is $6.95, so it may pay to stock up on sandals for the whole family at once.
A Flurry of Flip Flops
Come summer, cheap foam flip flop sandals pop up anywhere from the corner drug store to the local big box retailers, but customized or more upscale flips flops may be harder to find in your town. Enter the Internet, where retailers offer flip flops from plain to fancy. Try Toegoz.com for flip flops sold in categories like formal, braids and wedges, teens, tikes, casual, college, and sorority. The college section, while not exhaustive, has an impressive selection of sandals printed with the names of U.S. colleges and universities (price: $19.95 for a substantial foam sole and fabric upper, $5 shipping with UPS ground).
For kids, The Children’s Place sells dozens of designs for boys and girls, most at $2.50 each. At $5 shipping per order (any amount), buy a bunch of these rubber sandals for future summers and save.
Also visit Etsy.com, for fancified flip flops decorated by the artists who sell their wares on this crafty site. Prices start around $10 for ribbon-wrapped or sequined flip flops on Etsy.
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