Are trekking sandals wearable now?

The trend: trekking sandals

Special features: foot-friendly rubber sole, many buckles and Velcro fasteners, no heel. Happy to be borne by: searching backpack travelers, hiking geography teachers and package tourists on clearance. And now this: The trekking sandal is turning into a trend shoe. At fashion shows in London for spring / summer 2015, flat shoes with a unique trekking look adorned the model's feet. If you click through online shops or stroll through shoe shops, you can not miss the comfortable sandal.

Can you wear these supposed shoes of horror in summer 2015 with a clear conscience? In the editorial department, we disagreed. A pros and cons to trekking sandals.



Trekking Sandals - These shoes deserve a chance!

"For a long time, women were supposed to wear shoes that made them look slimmer and more desirable."

"I remember well how a couple of years ago people collectively sniffed their noses when the first fashion people suddenly strolled over the Fashion Week with comfortable birch sticks." Long considered women should wear shoes that made them taller, slimmer, more seductive and more desirable work - which inevitably meant high heels and maximum discomfort.

Julia Müller, Online Editor Fashion



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This commandment has been - fortunately - softened for some time. First said Birkenstocks, which I love for a few summers, a fashionable career, then the good old Adiletten were considered by bloggers as hot shit. So now is the hour of trekking sandals. The new models are more stylish than their trekking colleagues, but just as comfortable. And if you take a closer look at the catwalk looks, you will notice: The flat shoes are funny - and surprisingly casual with short shorts and skirts. Give the trekking sandal a chance, it deserves it! "

Trekking Sandals - Run away, who can!

"The Math Teacher Memory Slippers are neither a cool style break nor a fashion statement."

"Actually, we imagine the absolute dream shoes: comfortable, airy and absolutely friendly to the feet, if there were not this small, but decisive hook: the design, because the wide adhesive closures on the back or heel, paired with a sole that already 'WANDERLUST' screams, unfortunately, not at all, not this summer, not the next, not even at home and certainly not on my feet! And although it is the oh so practical-comfortable trekking shoes now in metallic, with Glitter or trendy iridescent, the look is nevertheless one thing above all else: chunky.



Vicky Wanka, fashion assistant

Do not get me wrong: I have nothing against flat shoes. I also love daring fashion experiments. But the Math Teacher Memory Slippers are neither a cool break in style nor a fashion statement to me. In short, I can only say a word when I look at the 'trend look' of Burberry, in which the models wear cocktail dresses to fashion-inspired hiking sandals. The word is NO! "

Shop the Look - the new trekking sandals

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