24 Pairs of Summer Wedges to Slip Into This Season
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Reported by Vogue.
The wedge sandal has had a complicated reputation — clunky, coastal grandmother, questionable at best. But fashion has a way of rehabilitating its most polarizing players, and right now, the wedge is staging a full comeback. According to Vogue, contemporary resort labels including Le Monde Béryl, St. Agni, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, and Emme Parsons have all reimagined the silhouette through a minimalist lens, and the result is something that actually feels current.
The appeal isn't hard to decode. A wedge sits in that sweet spot between a flat and a proper heel — it gives you lift without the commitment, comfort without the sacrifice. For anyone navigating real city sidewalks rather than editorial shoots, that trade-off matters. The shoe is doing exactly what women have always wanted footwear to do: look intentional, feel wearable.
Who's Already Wearing Them
The celebrity co-signs are already in. Simone Ashley and Alex Consani were both spotted in sleek black pairs during the Cannes Film Festival last year. More recently, Dakota Johnson wore sculptural Khaite wedges — styled with jeans and a leather jacket during her Materialists press tour — which is the kind of low-key, high-impact outfit that tends to move markets. When a shoe works with that combination, it works with everything.
The cork platforms of the early 2000s, they are not. Today's wedge comes in supple suede, metallic leather, and shiny PVC, ranging from Coperni's now-viral flip flop iteration to Khaite's more architectural offerings. Style them with trending capri pants or let them anchor something stripped-back — either way, the shoe carries its own weight. The current moment belongs to micro heels across the board, with the wedge sitting comfortably alongside the kitten heel in the conversation about low-lift footwear that still reads dressed.
The wedge's return isn't nostalgia — it's a case study in how a silhouette evolves when the right designers decide it's worth their attention.
Read the original at Vogue.
