Guess who's back... Espadrilles

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Updated: 19:01 EDT, 14 August 2026 It’s the lawn-safe shoe of summer! Espadrilles have taken over the toes of wedding guests, garden-party goers and celebrities alike. Worn in the Basque region for thousands of years, they became fashionable worldwide in the 70s after Yves Saint Laurent teamed up with Spanish shoe brand Castañer.Princess Diana wore hers for divot stomping at polo matches in the 80s. By the 90s, Christy Turlington and Stephanie Seymour were modelling them in Vogue.This summer, Paula Radcliffe wore a navy pair to stroll between courts at Wimbledon and shoe designer Eleanor Wellesley braved the grass at Royal Ascot in her own baby blue suede style. For Penelope Chilvers, her brand’s slip-on Chico espadrille has been the bestseller of 2026. ‘We’ve seen customers wearing them as “fancy flats” for weddings,’ says Chilvers. Monsoon’s flat Fliss design sold out within a week before being restocked.The beauty of espadrilles is that they’re comfy, ageless and will take you from the city to the coast and the country. Consider them trendy – and all-terrain.