Summer Sandals 2025: Trends That Remain, Trends That Fade
In a world where trends travel at the speed of a scroll, true elegance remains true to itself. Fashion changes — and must change — but there are choices that resist because they were not created to amaze, but to accompany.
Sandals , always a symbol of summer, are among the accessories most exposed to the judgement of the season: too exposed to hide mistakes, too present to be overlooked.
Every summer has its “of the moment” models, but only a few outlast the summer itself.
Here's what awaits us for summer 2025: the trends that will last , because they speak the language of quality, good taste and time... and those destined to fade away , leaving behind a few posts on Instagram and little more.
✅ Trends that have a future
1. The rediscovery of sartorial minimalism
After years of visual overload (studs, maxi-soles, excessive volumes), the new watchword is cleanliness .
Sandals with a clean design, with essential lines but precise cuts, built with real materials. It is not cold minimalism: it is sober tailoring , which enhances the foot without masking it.
A leather sole, a natural leather strap, a well-placed ankle strap: simplicity that communicates style with confidence.
2. The return to real and hand-worked leather
In 2025, natural leather returns to the center. But not as an ostentation of luxury: as an ethical, aesthetic and functional choice .
It is breathable, durable, adapts to the foot, improves over time. It is the opposite of fast consumption.
Today's consumer (and especially tomorrow's) seeks the meaning of the purchase: he wants to know who made that sandal, where , how and why .
3. Low sandals that don't compromise on style
Women have made peace with heels. They are no longer needed to “feel good enough”.
Low sandals today are elegant, structured, refined. They are worn day and night, with long dresses, light suits, wide skirts or linen trousers.
And if they are tailor-made — as in Positano , where you can see them being created before your eyes — they become a valuable choice, combining beauty and function.
An example? Sandali Antica Positano , in via del Saracino 18, where each sandal is built on the customer's foot in a few minutes, with fine materials and customizable details. Also online at sandalianticapositano.com .
4. Natural colors and “soft” tones
The palette of summer 2025 is made of sand, leather, honey, nude, ivory, sage green, terracotta. Warm tones, inspired by the earth and light of the Mediterranean.
They don't scream. They don't tire. They match everything.
And they convey an idea of relaxed sophistication that has more to do with character than trend.
5. Jewel sandals... but light, thin, almost whispered
Shine, yes, but without shouting. Jewel sandals remain, but they become more discreet.
Thin applications, small crystals, delicate metallic details that reflect the sunlight without dazzling.
The rule of 2025 is: more class, less wow effect .
❌ Trends We'll Say Goodbye (Without Nostalgia)
1. The chunky sandals with heavy soles
They’ve dominated runways and social media feeds for a few seasons now: XXL wedges, “ugly but comfortable” sandals, oversized urban trekking soles.
They were provocative. Now they are simply cumbersome.
In a summer that aims for lightness, feet ask for shape, grace and practicality.
2. Plastics (eco or not eco)
Sandals made of PVC, rubber or synthetic materials disguised as eco-friendly are losing ground.
Because they don't breathe, they don't last and — above all — they don't tell anything.
Those who buy consciously today want real material, well-crafted, designed to last. Not just for a season.
3. Fluorescent and “festival” metallic colours
Shocking pink, lime green, plastic gold... beautiful for a party in Mykonos, less beautiful in real life.
The problem is not the desire for color. The problem is when color replaces content.
In 2025, color returns with elegance: subdued, hinted, consistent.
4. Excessive decorations
Feathers, chains, charms, fringes: all together.
Things that seem to be born to attract likes, not to walk.
Shoes of the future? Discreet, but memorable. Refined, but not boring. Beautiful to look at… but even better to wear.
The style that remains is the one that does not follow time, but accompanies it
Every summer brings us new things. But elegance, the real one, is not bought every year: it is built.
A well-made sandal—like a linen dress, a citrus perfume, a hand-woven straw bag—is something you carry with you, inside and out.
In 2025, we won’t need more trends. We’ll need more conscious choices , objects that last, that age well, that tell a story.