Women's Shoes & Sneakers
Pack one pair of women's shoes for a hot week away and the finish matters more than the shape does. A moulded rubber slide belongs at a pool. Put the same shape in a metallic, or run a thong with a metallic strap across the foot, and the shoe is as welcome at a table on a Friday night as it is on the sand at four. That is the distance this page has to cover, and finish is what covers it.
Women's Shoes & Sneakers
Women's Slides and Thongs in Metallic and Neutral Finishes
Every pair of women's shoes here is open footwear, which is most of what an Australian summer actually asks for. What a metallic or a smooth upper buys on top of the shape is range. A rubber pool slide has one setting, and it is a good setting, but it is one. A slide in ash rose or deep beige reads as a sandal at a glance, so the walk down to the water and the dinner after it can happen in the same pair, with nothing carried in a bag for the change. Our women's thongs and slides page groups the two shapes by style for anyone who has already picked a side.
Summer Shoes in Neutrals and Metallics
Colour does more work on an open shoe than on a closed one, because so much of the foot is showing. Off white, deep beige and ebony sit quietly against everything. A metallic rose or a black and gold pair is doing the opposite, and it belongs to the nights it belongs to. Our women's footwear and accessories page keeps the sunglasses and the bags in with them. So the choice is between a pair nobody will comment on all summer and a pair that gets noticed the first time you wear it.