Currently, I’m bleary-eyed, running on too little sleep, and sipping my second coffee of the day—a fitting state to write about slippers, the biggest shoe trend of Fall 2025.
Now, these slippers don’t come with fuzzy bunny ears. They aren’t covered in shearling or stacked on a platform. (No offense to Ugg’s viral Tasman slippers, which I own and swear by as a great shoe for long-haul flights.) The ones we're seeing on the feet of pretty much every fashion girl are sleeker, made of soft leather, satin, or velvet, more akin to slip-on mules. Think of them like house slippers you’re allowed—nay, encouraged—to wear outside, with a quiet luxury undertone. Quiet because, yes, the shoe is half asleep, but also from the wealth it connotes. A woman who has time to kick her feet up for a thirty-minute catnap? That’s rich.
To get a better picture of the archetype of a slipper-wearing, Amex Platinum-carrying woman who gets two-plus hours of REM, look to the Fall 2025 runways. Calvin Klein styled pencil skirts and scarf coats with satin slippers resembling the complimentary pairs you'd find in a hotel room that costs four figures a night. Alberta Ferretti opened with a pair of burgundy leather slip-ons, styled with a rich-looking open duster, which is what I imagine Gwyneth Paltrow’s bathrobe looks like.
Off the runway, you'll see the fashion set shuffling all around the world in elevated out-of-the-house slippers. Jennifer Lawrence, a longtime connoisseur of off-beat shoe trends, is strolling around New York City in luxury slip-ons from The Row and Charvet, a 1838-founded French brand lauded for its hand-crafted slippers. (Non-A-list fashion girls are making pilgrimages to Paris just to pick up a pair at its Place Vendôme store.) Other style tastemakers—including Marie Claire’s beauty director, Hannah Baxter, a slipper aficionado whose “closet would be stocked with Charvet slippers if [she] could swing it"—stock up on pairs from smaller, IYKYK brands, like Vibi Venezia, A.Emery, and Lemaire.
When you have such an ubiquitous, niche trend like outside-the-house slippers, it typically can be traced back to two fashion heavy-hitters: The Row or Miu Miu. In the case of Fall 2025’s slippers, it’s both.
The Row integrated hard-soled slippers into its Summer 2024 lineup (the same collection that kicked off the jelly flat phenomenon), while Miu Miu followed suit with open-back leather mules in Fall 2024. It’s also worth noting that The Row co-founder Mary-Kate Olsen has a well-documented history of wearing slippers on Los Angeles sidewalks, and an endorsement from either of the twins is akin to a Midas touch for a trend.
It may have taken a few months, but Fall 2025 seems like the right time for roll-out-of-bed-and-out-the-door slippers to reach their peak. There’s an overall snoozy vibe percolating through the season. Beauty girls are smudging on dark circles and calling it “tired girl makeup”. TikTok says under-eye bags are the secret to a French woman’s je ne sais quoi. Fashion-wise, it’s normal to wear nightgowns out of the house, and coats are getting closer to becoming blankets. Naturally, a low-effort, comfortable shoe that’s perfect for sleepyheads slots in well with the current mood.
Ahead, you'll find more of my favorite takes on the snoozy fall shoe, from Ugg’s $125 slip-ons to The Row’s coveted Hudson slides (another JLaw-approved pair).
