The socks-and-sandals trend has been met with many contrasting options. While some fashion fans love warming up their footwear and extending sandals far past the summer months, others struggle to see the look as anything other than a fashion faux pas, potentially reminding us of dads on holiday with cameras around their necks.

But if recent Fashion Week street style looks are anything to go by, the socks-and-sandals look has been adopted by a large number of industry insiders. And let’s not forget, we also spotted the footwear trend on the Fendi, Salvatore Ferragamo and Simone Rocha runways back in 2020, so it has been seeping into stylish circles for quite some time now.

However, there’s a fine line between making socks and sandals look fashionable and leaving the house looking like you’ve rushed to put the bins out. So Stylist’s own fashion director Lucy Reber and stylist and fashion editor Rebecca Jane Hill have shared their top tips for if you fancy trying the look for yourself. We wholeheartedly encourage it.

Socks and sandals is the controversial springtime shoe trend you need to know. Here’s how to wear it, according to the experts