If You Want to Wear Birkenstocks Without Looking Dated, Pair This Exact Style With This Pant Trend

Shop the perfect summer duo, as seen on Kate Hudson.

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Kate Hudson wearing a white T-shirt, balloon cargo pants, and Birkenstock Boston clogs
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As a frequent Birkenstock wearer myself, I don't find them dated in the least, but there are certain outfits to wear them with that are simply fresher and more "2026" than others. I'm here to point one specific one out, because Kate Hudson just wore it while out walking in NYC.

While I love a Birkenstock sandal (such as the cool flip-flop iteration), I especially love the Birkenstock Boston Clogs. They're a classic that's appropriate for year-round wear, and they're exactly what Hudson chose, in chocolate brown suede. And to really move the outfit into 2026 territory, she opted to pair them with a pant trend that's both on-trend and appropriate for summer: barrel-leg cargo pants, also known as parachute pants. Whatever you want to call them, the pants (with or without pockets) just look cool and effortless with the clogs, and Hudson's T-shirt outfit is proof of that.

Keep scrolling to see the cool combination for yourself and to shop similar pants and Birkenstock Boston Clogs to wear with them.

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Allyson Payer
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.