Fashion: Slip and slide

Edun resort 2016.

There’s no time for faffing about with straps and laces. Slip into a versatile sandal that’ll work overtime.

Last season's obsession with the Birkenstock Arizona slip-on sandal managed to filter its way into the high street stores. Knock-offs of the "ugly" sandal, once the domain of hippie backpackers, are still lingering in this season's sandal offerings, albeit updated in more fashion-forward colours and fabrications.

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The slip-on is still prevalent, with easy-to-wear pool slides now a style deemed acceptable to wear to work with a pair of tailored pants.

Clean, minimalist slides provide an easy segue from the workplace dress code to weekend dressing. The black and gold band option from Mi Piaci (#12), for example, hits the right note with a sleek sandal that works just as well with a pair of relaxed jeans as it does with a dress pant and blazer for a chic alternative to after-five dressing.

Just as the slip-on sandal has been a staple of Edun's 2016 resort collection, it offers up plenty of inspiration for a nonchalant approach to dressing for the new season that's undeniably cool and offbeat.

If you think you're a little too old for that, don't fret. The comfort factor alone should be appealing enough, particularly in a season where there's a glut of vertiginous platform heels and wedges still riding that tired 70s train.

Main Image: Edun resort 2016

Photos by Guy Coombes

1 Sol Sana striped slides, $140
2 Kenzo cut-out slides, $990, from Runway
3 Adidas x Mary Katranatzou slide, $140
4 Balenciaga espadrille slides, about $415, from Matches
5 Overland slides, $139.90
6 Gucci crystal embellished suede slide, about $1340

7 Country Road slides, $89.90
8 Trenery slide, $139
9 Mimco animal print slides, $149
10 B by Beau Coops slides, $240, from Mi Piaci

11 Birkenstock floral print slides, $145.90
12 Mi Piaci slides, $230
13 Fendi bird face sandals, about 720, from Net-a-Porter
14 Witchery perforated slides $129.90

Stockists

• Adidas
• Birkenstock 0800 58 59 58
• Country Road
• Edun
• Gucci
• Matches
• Mimco
• Mi Piaci
• Net-a-Porter
• Overland
• Runway
• Sol Sana
• Witchery
• Trenery