Zoë Kravitz Kick-Started Flip-Flop Season in $650 Sandals

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be the one to change Tom Ford’s mind?“I wouldn’t be caught dead in flip-flops,” the designer famously said in , emphatic in his disdain for the kind of cisgendered man—perhaps the least likely demographic to own exfoliating socks or visit pedicurists—who walks around metropolitan centers with their toes exposed. “I hate flip-flops.” Ford would doubtless balk at the sheer number of people rediscovering Havaianas in 2024—including Kravitz.The actor was photographed yesterdaystrolling around New York in a flannel shirt, a bucket hat, sweatpants, and . (See the photos .) Zoë Kravitz looked as if she had just been tending a vegetable patch in an allotment garden, which is perhaps the ultimate example of luxurious living: slow-paced, off-grid, and anti-grind.

Are those qualities not also intrinsic to the flip-flop itself?You can (and should) try this at home.“You roll up to the bar in a pair of Havaianas and you still look good?

That’s cool,” fashion critic Biz Sherbert back in August when discussing the allure of a cosmopolitan flip-flop. (See also: , who juxtaposed silken tailoring with comma-shaped thong sandals within his .) “The casual signaling that you’ve been to a different destination recently is very chic.

You just walked off the airplane and now you’re going about your business? It’s unmatched. Once you start wearing them, you realize that you’ve been a loser for not wearing them all along.”This article first appeared on By signing up you agree to our (including the ), our and to receive marketing and account-related emails from Glamour.