“Whatever it is you wear,” Diana Vreeland said in the 1975 style guide Cheap Chic, “I think shoes are terribly important.” As winter gives way to spring, and we venture outside—ambling along streets because, well, for the first time in a very long time we, simply put, can—the late Vogue editor’s adage rings truer than ever. As for which footwear rises to this occasion? Enter the fisherman sandal, which is making a bid as the shoe of the season, thanks to everyone from downtown creatives to global influencers, such as Blanca Miró Scrimieri, who regularly takes to Instagram to show off a block-heeled iteration.
“They add a level of nonchalance to any outfit,” says designer and tastemaker TyLynn Nguyen, who, for the past few years, has been partial to The Row’s black chunky-and-buckled take. Plus, in a boon to our ever-changing climes, she happily notes that silk socks (she opts for ribbed sets from Charvet) make the practical caged sandal suitable for any time of year. “They have a trans-seasonal quality,” agrees Emme Parsons; her carefully considered lineup of slides and sling-backs includes a smooth chocolate calfskin version, which she dubbed the Ernest, in a nod to the Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea. (Though the name might imply the shoe is best worn on sandy shores, the enclosed toe and a plentitude of straps make them fit for the pavement too.)
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