For these of you simply tuning in, that is the most recent episode of Menswear Traits Stay (2025), the place the coats are massive, the denims are even greater, and the sneakers are—wait a second, of us. We interrupt this transmission to deliver you breaking information from the footwear world: proper now, the sneakers are literally…tiny. Which is form of an enormous deal.
For a great few years, males’s footwear defaults have been fairly well-established: hulking derbies, beefed-up loafers, cartoonishly gargantuan sneakers. However a yr or so in the past, a ballet flat craze signalled that change was afoot. Then, all through 2024, the most-desired sneakers began to slim down too. Now, gown sneakers have adopted go well with. It’s clearly not simply ballet flats any extra: A survey of designers on the innovative—primarily the footwear panorama you’ll uncover under—reveals that each one method of dressy types have gone on styling Ozempic, from loafers to derbies to slip-ons.
The 12 sneakers under are elegant, a far cry from the assertion clunkers of seasons previous. The ballet-flat-adjacent, slipper-coded, low-riding sneakers on this listing are delicate and as low-key as they arrive. Even higher, including a pair to your common rotation shouldn’t contain any type of wardrobe overhaul. As a result of one of the simplest ways to put on them is, mockingly sufficient, precisely the identical means you’d their large-and-in-charge counterparts—with broad, relaxed trousers or dishevelled, pooling denims that threaten to swallow ‘em complete. You’ll nonetheless have your signature look, however instantly it’s anchored by a refined, quiet slip-on, whereas the clowns round you yell for consideration.
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Lemaire Flat Piped Slipper
The phrases ‘Lemaire’ and ‘elegant’ are like salt and pepper—they have an inclination to indicate up collectively. The French designer has been on the low-profile shoe practice for some time, with this model main the cost. Half idler, half slipper, it will get about as near your foot (and the bottom) as it will possibly, however the piped vamp and barely sq. toe field are simply two of the small print that preserve issues fascinating. They’re created from a buttery lambskin, and we’d make a wager that they’re already by the door of the best-dressed man you realize.
Saman Amel Metropolis Moc Loafers
Don’t get it confused, this isn’t a ship shoe—but it surely’s simply as simple to put on. Made out of a pebbled leather-based that feels extra at residence strolling round a cocktail party than the deck of an imposing schooner, the mix of a idler moc toe form with a lace-up closure much like a derby shoe signifies that Saman Amel’s already-iconic shoe can do the job of both.
The Row Black Canal Slip-On Loafers
Are you prepared on your third icon of this model? The Row’s Canal idler is, like every little thing from the model, admittedly dear, however the collapsible again and gentle leather-based development means placing it on is a cinch, which helps with the cost-per-wear calculations. We propose getting essentially the most relaxed, pleated wool trousers you possibly can, a barely too-big shirt, and striding about in these, protected within the information that anybody who asks the place your sneakers are from will seemingly then sigh longingly, and say “Yeah, I assumed so.”
Hereu Puntera Loafers
How do you give slippers an additional dose of form? Add a sick little pull string. I wager you didn’t suppose that any shoe on this listing would have one thing in widespread with a pair of Salomon XT-6’s, however right here we’re. Hereu hand makes all of its “gentle sneakers” in Spain, which together with being a certain signal of high quality craftsmanship, has the additional advantage of providing you with the sensation that you just have been born to saunter round a pleasant Andalusian city.
Marsèll Coltellaccio Slippers
Marsèll makes a few of the highest high quality leather-based sneakers you should purchase. The silhouettes are all the time that bit extra adventurous than different footwear manufacturers, and these streamlined slippers are not any totally different. However don’t fear: There’s rubber in that leather-based sole for some additional consolation.
The Row Vincit Slippers
Whenever you’re as category-leading as The Row, you earn a number of entries. These are primarily the sports activities model of the earlier slippers, or as near sportswear as a dressy shoe from The Row can get. Actually, they’re type of like Vans you could possibly get away with at any marriage ceremony or trade operate.
Auralee Suede Slippers
If Japan’s Auralee continues on the ten/10 run its been on, a few of the different designers on this listing might begin to get somewhat nervous. These slippers is likely to be, nicely, slippers, however a tricky rubber sole makes something street-ready too. And barely fuzzy footwear relaxes everybody round you.
Sabah The Bolo
Purveyors of all issues espadrille and slipper, Sabah makes all its footwear from Italian leathers in El Paso, Texas. Fashionable males the world over have claimed it as the one shoe model they’ll put on, and this specific model takes their conventional easy-on providing and, in all black, offers it a further dose of sophistication.
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Our Legacy has the flexibility to take previously-ordinary objects of clothes and push them simply to the sting of what’s acquainted, normally with improved outcomes. These gentle leather-based derby sneakers take the extreme angle and silhouette of a standard formal shoe and deflate each simply barely, somewhat like loosening your bowtie as soon as a marriage will get to midnight.
Stòffa Black Leather-based Slipper
By specializing in actually good supplies designed to final a very very long time, Stòffa has outlived lots of the copycats that attempted to trip its luxurious coattails. These specific leather-based slip-on sneakers are made in Italy from vegetable tanned leather-based, and have a barely thicker sole that’ll put off any worries about sporting them an excessive amount of.
Apres Ski Black Shearling Flats
A win for smaller-footed fellas (the sizing solely goes as much as a 42), these shearling-lined, rubber-soled, suede higher sneakers rock. They’re like a Lemaire slipper and a pair of Vans had a child who grew as much as personal a Ski chalet. For what it’s value, loads of style editors stan their high quality—and cushioned insoles.
Magliano Furlana Mary Jane
In case you aren’t fairly able to abandon the lug soles, Magliano’s Mary Jane-esque sneakers are right here to make the transition somewhat simpler. They boast the identical streamlined uppers as the opposite choices on this listing, however come rendered in a sturdy cotton canvas that you do not have to child. The semi-rugged sole means they’ll deal with a lightweight sprinkle and (comparatively) uneven terrain on a trek round city.
