Kendall Jenner Wore the Love-Hate Shoe Trend That Will Be Everywhere This Summer

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Kendall Jenner has officially kicked off sandal season, but the style she's backing for summer might not be at the top of everyone's shopping lists—at least not yet. Twice in the last two weeks, the supermodel has sported a pair of Dries Van Noten platform flip-flops, a shoe style with quite the controversial past. Despite reigning supreme in the early aughts, with frequent sightings on everyone from Paris Hilton to Jennifer Aniston, chunky thong sandals have since joined low-rise jeans and visible thongs on a long list of Y2K trends that many would prefer to have stayed there. 

But with a loyal fan as influential as Jenner—who paired the style once with a white tank top and kelly-green pants and again with a maxi-length body-con Loewe dress—and countless buzzy brands bringing the retro shoe style into the modern era, it appears that the tides are turning for the platform sandal style. (They're not alone: All sorts of trends from the 2000s are back in vogue.) In fact, given how excited people were about Coperni's S/S 22 show, which featured the sandal trend in multiple ways, we're now predicting a full-on takeover for platform flip-flops this summer. 

See how Jenner styled her sandals in two ways, and shop the trend that will soon be everywhere below.

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On Kendall Jenner: Loewe Blur Print Tank Ribbed Maxi Dress ($1150); Dries Van Noten Leather Platform Thong Sandals ($615) 

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Shop the Kendall Jenner–approved platform flip-flop trend:

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Senior Fashion Editor

Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.