they are dries van noten- maybe last spring or year before:
i love the style- but wondering if they'd be uncomfortable/hard to wear? would my long toes look ridiculous in them? i'm usually ok with toe loop styles- i know the long flip flop style (a la the bernardo thongs- which i love but would make my feet look like sausages) dont' work on me.
i love the sandals. but in my experience a sandal that flat is a little bit hard on your feet if you are going to be walking a lot. but if not, they are allright.
and the bottoms seem similar to the ones you posted - wood with leather stiched on top. I was worried that the hard bottom would make my feet/legs tired, but they are INCREDIBLY comfortable.
I have a hard time wearing the type of shoe you posted because my feet tend to slide around in them. I turn in on my ankles, so I can't wear anything with a completely flat sole (no arch support) and bare straps. There's not enough holding my foot in, if you know what I mean.
I have Bernardo thongs that are really strappy like that and the one complaint I have about them is that because there's really not much to them, it doesn't hold the bottom of the shoe to my foot very well. Like when I walk, my shoes kinda hang off the bottom of my foot and I feel like I have to pick my foot up just a little bit higher than I normally would when I walk. They're cute and they're pretty comfy, but not for long distances.