The sandals were originally worn by Steve Jobs while he was developing the first Apple computer.
adjustable buckles and stamping on the inner edge of the suede leather foot straps. The cork and jute footbed retain the imprint of Steve Jobs’ feet, which had been shaped after years of use, and the rubber soles of the sandals show heavy wear.
The pair of Birkenstocks were previously owned by Mark Sheff, the house manager to Steve Jobs. Jobs was said to have worn the sandals throughout many historic moments for Apple, including when he worked with cofounder Steve Wozniak to develop the first Apple computer in a Los Altos, California, garage.
Steve Jobs and his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, arrive at The White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29, 1997, for the State Dinner honoring Chinese President Jiang Zemin.Margot Fraser, who introduced the anatomically designed footwear brand to the U.S. after acquiring distribution rights in the ’60s and catapulted it to fame over the next 40 years, said when Jobs discovered the comfort sandal, he wanted to know everything about where it came from and the technical aspects of it.
Jobs’ sandals have been a part of multiple exhibitions, including Salone del Mobile in Milano, Italy, in 2017, at the Birkenstock Headquarters in Rahms, Germany in 2017, and at the brand’s first U.S. store in New York.
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