Slippers – this season’s most sought-after shoes. Really?
It was kind of inevitable. First the glossy magazines tried to convince us all that floral pyjamas are THE thing to wear this season (and not just when you’ve got out of bed too late to get dressed for the school run). Now the fashion editors are busy telling us that slippers are, as Hilary Rose wrote in Saturday’s Times Magazine, “this season’s It shoe.”
Apparently the most sought-after slippers are by Charlotte Olympia (they come with an eye-watering £375 price tag), made of velvet and with a cat’s face sewn on the front. When I had a quick look online, they reminded me of a pair of slippers I wore as a child in the 1970s. But what do I know about cutting-edge fashion?
The article said that everyone from Alexa Chung (who’d look good in anything) to Beyoncé is wearing slippers out and about these days, but I can’t say I’ve spotted anyone in my neck of the woods in them yet.
But then again, they do look blissfully comfy – and effortless to walk in. I wonder if I should pop into the shoe shop up the road and buy a cheap pair there? So if you see me wearing slippers at the Chipping Norton Literary Festival next week, don’t assume I’ve completely lost the plot. You never know, we could all be wearing them soon.
I wear comfy shoes all the time – I’m of an age to – but slippers in the street? It’ll be headscarves over curlers again next
Hi Catherine. I LOVE comfy shoes, but not sure about wearing slippers out either. And do you know, I think you could be right about headscarves and curlers!!
Spotted a pair on a cute young woman on the Toronto subway this weekend. Fleece-lined moccasin type. Now I get it. It’s in, or… perhaps she just woke up in too much of a fog from Friday night to find her outdoor shoes on Saturday morning.
I love my slippers and when in the house I never have them off. I wouldn’t go out in them though. But I do reckon the season’s “in” slippers will look more like flat shoes than slippers!
CJ x
Brilliant, Laura. I think it could be either of those scenarios, or perhaps even both!
Hi Crystal Jigsaw. I’m going to keep looking but I just spotted a pair in the Russell & Bromley window in Oxford and they definitely looked like slippers! But maybe we’ll all be wearing them soon!
I wear slippers to the office. Mind you, I work from home…
I’m sorry but this one is a real “Emperor’s Clothes.” Slippers look ridiculous outside the house!
I wear bare feet to my office, Henri. Mind you, I also work from home!
I saw a girl wearing slippers in Oxford Street today, Gail. They definitely looked more comfy slipper style than high fashion chic.