Honorable Mentions
{Photograph}: Rothy’s
Rothy’s the Males Slipper for $149: Made with a mixture of three plastic bottles and Accountable Wool Normal-certified merino wool, Rothy’s slippers are delightfully heat whereas providing sufficient traction within the gum outsole to Get Stuff Carried out™. They’re a comfortable match, and I just like the fluffy sherpa lining to guard the again of my heel. I wouldn’t put on these outdoors, however for those who do by chance step out as a result of they simply really feel so dang good (as I’ve), you’ll be able to toss them within the wash to wash them (simply allow them to air dry). —Julian Chokkattu
Goal Girls’s Cozy Fleece Excessive-Minimize Pull-On Slipper Socks with Grippers for $9: After discovering these from Goal, I refuse to put on some other slippers. They’re light-weight, cowl my ft solely (like socks), and have grips on the backside to stop unintentional slipping and sliding on laborious surfaces. Since they’re additionally tremendous inexpensive, I personal a number of pairs—I preserve a pair at my house, my boyfriend’s, and my father or mother’s home. Relying on how usually you put on them, they will get soiled pretty rapidly (primarily as a result of all the things sticks to the fleece), however all it’s important to do is throw them within the washer and so they’ll look pretty much as good as new. —Brenda Stolyar
Manitobah Fake Fur Avenue Suede Moccasins for $100: As a child, I used to be seldom with out a pair of moccasins. My grandma acquired them for all of the grandkids yearly at Christmas, and I wore them in all places. The gentle, snug indoor-outdoor shoe was simply an on a regular basis a part of life. As I acquired to center faculty I gave in to social strain and my need to be as incognito as attainable, and steadily moved away from sporting or doing something visibly Indigenous, something visibly Mexican.
After my grandma’s dying, I got down to discover a new pair of moccasins comparable in type to those she acquired us as youngsters, and I came upon to Manitobah. That is an Indigenous-owned model staffed with Indigenous designers, and its slippers, cabin clogs, boots, and moccasins are all of impeccable high quality. The road moccasins are like little clouds you’ll be able to slip your ft into and put on wherever, embellished with beaded designs identical to those my grandma used to get us. Manitobah additionally has a small market web page with distinctive designs. —Jaina Rodriguez Gray