Anne Hathaway and French Women Agree: This Is the Prettiest Sandal Trend Money Can Buy

In NYC today, Anne Hathaway wore the summer shoe trend that Loewe, Valentino, Aquazzura, Saint Laurent, and more brands are co-signing.

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Anne Hathaway wears a blue striped skirt with fruit-embellished pink Aquazzura sandals
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Are you one of the estimated 7.5 million people who watched The Odyssey in theaters on opening weekend? If so, don't spoil it for me. (And don't say spoilers aren't a thing for a nearly 3000-year-old story—I don't remember all the details from freshman year English class, okay!) Until I can get to a theater, I'll have to settle for admiring The Odyssey cast's epic press tour outfits.

Most recently, Anne Hathaway, a.k.a. the Penelope to Matt Damon's Odysseus, was photographed in New York City wearing a colorful, quirky outfit that's so perfect for late summer. Instead of a heavy leather bag, for instance, she chose a lightweight Prada purse in summer-ready linen. And her Aquazzura Botanica Heeled Sandals ($1220) couldn't be cuter. Shoes embellished with 3D fruit motifs are by far the prettiest trend of summer 2026. When I was recently in Paris for Haute Couture Week, for instance, I spotted more than one person wearing Cult Gaia's grape-embellished shoes (see photo below), so you know it's a chic trend when French women approve.

On Anne Hathaway:

Anne Hathaway wears Aquazzura sandals embellished with fruit motifs

(Image credit: Backgrid)

At Haute Couture Week in Paris:

a woman wears Cult Gaia sandals embellished with grape motifs

(Image credit: Raimonda Kulikauskiene/Getty Images)

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Erin Fitzpatrick
Erin Fitzpatrick
Associate Director, Fashion News

Erin got her start as a Who What Wear intern in 2011—back when the site only published a single story per day. (We have since increased that number twentyfold.) She graduated magna cum laude from USC and lives in Los Angeles. In college, she also interned at Refinery29, where she was promoted to editorial assistant and then assistant editor. After nearly three years at R29, she came back to WWW in 2015, where she is now the Associate Director of Fashion News. From the Oscars to the Met Gala, she leads the site's entire red carpet coverage strategy. She specializes in celebrity and fashion news but also enjoys writing travel features and runway reports. She frequently contributes to WWW's social accounts and has a sizable following on her personal TikTok.