Amal Clooney Wore 2024's Most Controversial Shoe Trend

published 24 December 2024

As one does when your last name is Clooney, George and Amal Clooney are spending their pre-holiday time in the sunny South of France enclave of St. Tropez. As she always does, Amal is dressing for the location—footwear included.

During the time of year when most of us are stuck in boots and trainers, Clooney just provided a reminder of the controversial shoe trend everyone was wearing earlier this year when the weather was warm: netted shoes. The trend went fully mainstream, as controversial trends sometimes do, but obviously fell by the wayside when cold weather arrived. That being said, I do think the trend will return when things warm back up in 2025, and I think people will style them the way Clooney styled her Stella McCartney macramé high-heel mules: with the boho trend.

She paired a cream-coloured lace top with cutoff denim shorts and a Chloé bracelet bag, all of which found the perfect match in her netted shoes. And given that the boho trend shows no signs of fading (especially when the weather warms up), I think it's only natural that people will wear them with the shoe trend they all bought in 2024. Keep scrolling to see Clooney's breezy look for yourself and shop netted shoes to wear with your boho pieces in the new year.

Shop Netted Shoes:

Stella McCartney

Terra Alter Mat Heels

ST. AGNI

Perforated Leather Ballet Flats

Cult Gaia

25mm Merida Mules

Reformation

Britt Ballet Flat

Jimmy Choo

Amita 45

Christopher Esber

Minette Crystal-Embellished Flats

AMINA MUADDI

Lupita Fishnet and Leather Mules

STAUD

Alba Leather-Trimmed Crocheted Ballet Flats

Alaïa

Leather-Trimmed Mesh Pumps

Reformation

Scout Heeled Sandal

ASOS DESIGN

Loki Mesh Ballet in Black

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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.