Fashion People Rate Them, I Walked 20,000 Steps in Them—These IYKYK Sandals Are Worth All the Hype

Despite growing up a stone’s throw away from the beach, you might be surprised to learn that I was never a sandals girl. All it took to convince me to purchase a pair, however, was two decades of patience and one former colleague wearing a very chic pair of understatedly chic strappy sandals. Given I had never dipped my toes into this footwear category before, I knew there was only one place to start: A.Emery’s Jalen Sandal.

You see, my summer shoe rotation predominantly consisted of elevated flip-flops or ballet flats. Both options lacked support and would make my feet overheat and give me blisters if worn for long bouts of time. Fashionable women like Marianne Smyth and Zara Wong, sartorialists who own a pair or two of the A.Emery sandals, are smart and stylish enough to avoid these bugbears by making the cross-ankle style a part of their uniforms. This is a lesson I learned from the first time I slipped into the sumptuous piece, causing me to become instantly enamoured with the sandal from my first wear.

A.Emery Jalen Sandals Review