The Best Clogs to Replace Your Jelly Sandals This Spring
The shoe is clicking its way back onto the style radar—this time, with fashion’s full blessing.
Do you hear that sound? That clomp-clomp echo from another era? Yep, clogs are dusting off their '70s roots and back in step with the spring 2025 shoe trend cycle.
From boho block heels to crunchy-chic flats that teeter on the edge of slipper territory, spring’s best clogs cover every style inclination. On Paris cobblestones and NYC sidewalks, tastemakers are stomping around in Chloé’s wooden Jeanette, then trading them for Birkenstock’s Bostons when comfort calls (or not trading them at all, if you're Gigi Hadid, who wears hers on repeat). Even fashion newsletters—Marie Claire’s Self Checkout included—are tracking how clogs are influencing the rest of the spring shoe landscape—think fisherman sandals elevated on platforms and buckle boots reimagined as chunky-soled mules.
But perhaps the most unexpected shoe trend to take center stage this season is the humble rubber gardening clog. A soft, squishy successor to last summer’s jelly sandal trend, this green-thumb staple got a high-profile boost thanks to Meghan Markle. In a March episode of With Love, Meghan—her cooking-meets-reality series—the Duchess was spotted tending to her backyard chickens in a terracotta pair of Crocs’ Dylan clogs.
The effect was immediate. “Since being featured on With Love, Meghan, we can confirm that overall organic Google search for our Dylan Clog increased more than 75 percent in the week following the show premiere, and product search on Crocs.com is up by more than 60 percent,” Crocs tells Marie Claire. Google Trends supports the spike, reporting the Dylan as the top-trending clog and showing a 700 percent increase in searches for “clogs” overall since the show’s early March debut.
The Duchess of Sussex headed to her chicken coop in comfy Crocs.
The Crocs Dylan clog—a controversial shoe trend that’s found a loyal following on TikTok—fits seamlessly into what Nordstrom’s associate fashion director, Linda Cui Zhang, has dubbed spring’s “practical gardener aesthetic.” As she previously told Marie Claire, the look “embodies a gardener’s uniform that has been reimagined with an elegant sensibility.” The Dylan, available in both flat and 2.2-inch platform versions, captures exactly that: a durable, outdoorsy shoe built for function but surprisingly adaptable for fashion.
Just look at Meghan Markle, who styled hers with blue jeans, a crewneck sweatshirt, and—because she’s Meghan—Princess Diana’s Cartier Tank Française watch. The outfit works for scattering birdseed and tending a coop, sure, but it wouldn’t look out of place at brunch either.
Few shoes are as versatile across the fashion spectrum as the clog, which helps explain why the style is having such a moment. How many other shoes can simultaneously fuel the boho revival and earn praise from podiatrists for their bunion-friendly footbeds? How many others are walking down the runways at Chloé, Hermès, Miu Miu, and Ulla Johnson, while also clocking hours in the garden helping horticulturists plant spring perennials?
As fashion stylist Forza Mike puts it, “Clogs are for everyone. Dressy, sporty, or waterproof—whether you crave an attention-seeking shoe or choose to play it safe, there is a clog for you.” The only real question is what kind of clomp you want to make: a subtle rubber squish, an unmistakable wooden thud, or maybe a not-yet-discovered noise all your own.
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