These 7 Sandal Trends Have Got to Go—7 I’m Shopping Instead

As an NYC-based fashion editor with a massive closet and tiny apartment, shopping for anything new always means assessing what’s already there. There’s simply not enough space for me not to constantly be auditing things from my closet at the same rate that I’m adding anything to it. I’m already looking ahead to summer and making room for all the new sandals I have my eye on, so naturally, that means I’ll have to make some decisive cuts while I’m at it.

I’m carefully combing through all the emerging 2025 sandal trends and cherry-picking a few I want to try out. Of course, that also means breaking up with a few outdated sandals, too, because let’s face it, I wear my sandals to death from May until September, so I simply don’t have time (or physical space) to house anything I’m even mildly on the fence about. Basically, if it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no.