With summer in full swing, there’s no better time than now to lean into the many sandal trends making the rounds this season. While I’ve personally been incorporating all of them into my wardrobe, from flats and flatforms to those with a tiny heel (because let’s be real, I’m still easing into wearing actual shoes again), there’s another trend I’m loving that’s arguably way easier to walk in than the classic stiletto: wedge sandals. Now, I’m not talking about espadrilles. (Though,...

With all the shoes available every time we enter a store or an e-commerce site, it can be hard to know what it is we will actually need or wear. Someone who does know is Alex Long, a Raleigh, North Carolina–based personal stylist and the founder of Alex Long Studio, which also provides personal shopping services and wardrobe editing to clients. "Shoes can either make a look or kill it," Long says, and recently, she told me that one of the things people never seem to have enough of is...

We routinely turn to Janet Gunn, the 58-year-old influencer behind The Grateful Gardenia, for sartorial guidance. And while age should have nothing to do with your style choices, we’re always interested in her fashion viewpoint specifically given her experience over the years building a well-rounded wardrobe. Today, we wanted to gain further insight into some of the go-to shoe silhouettes she swears by. And while she wears a variety, there’s one key style she wears on repeat and will never ...

Summer is in full swing, which means there's a good chance that sandals are at the top of your list if you're shopping for fashion items right now. Sure, there are a handful of other warm-weather essentials one should definitely have handy right now, but footwear is really the foundation of an outfit, and no matter how perfect the top half of your summer 'fit is, if you're stuck pairing it with boots, well, I'm not sure how much it counts.To help you out (both this summer and next), today, I ...