As an NYC-based style editor with a large closet and tiny house, purchasing for something new all the time means assessing what’s already there. There’s merely not sufficient house for me not to continuously be auditing issues from my closet on the similar price that I am including something to it. I am already waiting for summer season and making room for all the brand new sandals I’ve my eye on, so naturally, which means I am going to need to make some decisive cuts whereas I am at it.
I am rigorously combing via all of the rising 2025 sandal developments and cherry-picking a couple of I need to check out. After all, that additionally means breaking apart with a couple of outdated sandals, too, as a result of let’s face it, I put on my sandals to demise from Could till September, so I merely haven’t got time (or bodily house) to accommodate something I am even mildly on the fence about. Mainly, if it isn’t a hell sure, it is a no.
With that, see which sandal developments I am passing on and store the kinds I plan to put on as a substitute.
Skipping: Tall Platforms
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Admittedly, I by no means fell in love with platforms, even once they had been trending laborious. As a New Yorker, with the ability to log miles in my summer season sandals is essential, so I am saying goodbye to tall platforms and setting my sights on ’90s-inspired kitten-heel sandals as a substitute. I plan to put on them à la Hailey Bieber with trousers and trench coats through the spring after which with all my clothes and skirts come summer season.
Skipping: PVC Sandals
When The Row launched its viral Mara flats final summer season, it set jelly sandals on a meteoric rebound, evolving from the youthful sneakers of our childhoods to one thing altogether extra trendy and elevated. Summer season 2025 sees the introduction of cult-loved kinds from Chloé, Christopher Esber, and Historical Greek Sandals which might be pouring much more gasoline into the pattern. I will be trying so as to add a pair to my wardrobe, and whereas I nonetheless personal and love my MNZ Olympia Wedges, I’ve written off virtually all different PVC sandals in favor of those fun-loving jelly kinds.
Skipping: Rope and Velcro Sandals
As my general model leans elevated and stylish, I am passing on sandals which might be too sporty and that embody rope and velcro. As an alternative, I am favoring hardware-embellished sandals that provide a extra fascinating and jewelry-inspired look.
Skipping: Fisherman Sandals
Do not come for me for passing on fisherman sandals—I am going to concede that they are undoubtedly nonetheless “in” proper now, however they’ve by no means been my private choice. If I am going to check out a extra experimental sandal in the meanwhile, I’ve my coronary heart set on a pair of cool peep-toe sandals which might be consistent with the trending pairs that Alaïa and Miu Miu have on provide proper now.
Suede has seeped into each class of my wardrobe—jackets, luggage, loafers—and now it is coming for my sandals, too. Suede sandals simply appear and feel so luxurious to me, so I am excited to faucet into the look this summer season however that additionally means eliminating my metallic sandals that simply do not feel as elevated to me anymore.
Skipping: Thick Espadrilles
Simplicity is (largely) reigning supreme with regards to my style in sandals this season, and which means a renewed concentrate on traditional flip-flops to model in new and modern methods. Certain, I am going to nonetheless be sporting them with a swimsuit to the seashore, however I am additionally so into the thought of pairing flip-flops with outfits that they logically do not go along with for a enjoyable distinction.
As an NYC-based style editor with a large closet and tiny house, purchasing for something new all the time means assessing what’s already there. There’s merely not sufficient house for me not to continuously be auditing issues from my closet on the similar price that I am including something to it. I am already waiting for summer season and making room for all the brand new sandals I’ve my eye on, so naturally, which means I am going to need to make some decisive cuts whereas I am at it.
I am rigorously combing via all of the rising 2025 sandal developments and cherry-picking a couple of I need to check out. After all, that additionally means breaking apart with a couple of outdated sandals, too, as a result of let’s face it, I put on my sandals to demise from Could till September, so I merely haven’t got time (or bodily house) to accommodate something I am even mildly on the fence about. Mainly, if it isn’t a hell sure, it is a no.
With that, see which sandal developments I am passing on and store the kinds I plan to put on as a substitute.
Skipping: Tall Platforms
(Picture credit score: Backgrid)
Admittedly, I by no means fell in love with platforms, even once they had been trending laborious. As a New Yorker, with the ability to log miles in my summer season sandals is essential, so I am saying goodbye to tall platforms and setting my sights on ’90s-inspired kitten-heel sandals as a substitute. I plan to put on them à la Hailey Bieber with trousers and trench coats through the spring after which with all my clothes and skirts come summer season.
Skipping: PVC Sandals
When The Row launched its viral Mara flats final summer season, it set jelly sandals on a meteoric rebound, evolving from the youthful sneakers of our childhoods to one thing altogether extra trendy and elevated. Summer season 2025 sees the introduction of cult-loved kinds from Chloé, Christopher Esber, and Historical Greek Sandals which might be pouring much more gasoline into the pattern. I will be trying so as to add a pair to my wardrobe, and whereas I nonetheless personal and love my MNZ Olympia Wedges, I’ve written off virtually all different PVC sandals in favor of those fun-loving jelly kinds.
Skipping: Rope and Velcro Sandals
As my general model leans elevated and stylish, I am passing on sandals which might be too sporty and that embody rope and velcro. As an alternative, I am favoring hardware-embellished sandals that provide a extra fascinating and jewelry-inspired look.
Skipping: Fisherman Sandals
Do not come for me for passing on fisherman sandals—I am going to concede that they are undoubtedly nonetheless “in” proper now, however they’ve by no means been my private choice. If I am going to check out a extra experimental sandal in the meanwhile, I’ve my coronary heart set on a pair of cool peep-toe sandals which might be consistent with the trending pairs that Alaïa and Miu Miu have on provide proper now.
Suede has seeped into each class of my wardrobe—jackets, luggage, loafers—and now it is coming for my sandals, too. Suede sandals simply appear and feel so luxurious to me, so I am excited to faucet into the look this summer season however that additionally means eliminating my metallic sandals that simply do not feel as elevated to me anymore.
Skipping: Thick Espadrilles
Simplicity is (largely) reigning supreme with regards to my style in sandals this season, and which means a renewed concentrate on traditional flip-flops to model in new and modern methods. Certain, I am going to nonetheless be sporting them with a swimsuit to the seashore, however I am additionally so into the thought of pairing flip-flops with outfits that they logically do not go along with for a enjoyable distinction.