30-07-2025
9 Pairs of Jorts And The Summer Shoes To Pair Them With, From Jelly Shoes to Sneakerinas
It's safe to say that 2025 is the year of the hybrid garment, from sneakerinas (the trainer and ballet-shoe mash-up) to skirts-over-trousers. But none has gained pace quite like the jort. Longline denim shorts appeared on the Spring/Summer '25 catwalks at Etro, OpéraSport and Filippa K, and on showgoers themselves, who styled jorts from Agolde, Haikure and Diesel with baby tees, blazers, and oversized shirts, and some of our favourite summer shoes – but more on that later.
Borrowing from both jeans and shorts, jorts tend to be longer than your classic cutoffs, baggier than a bermuda, and come in all manner of washes, from smart indigo and white rinses to classic, worn-in blue. Crucially, they look just as good with a comfy and cool fisherman sandal or jelly shoe as they do with kitten-heel mules and strappy heels.
It turns out that all you really need for the perfect hot-weather outfit are some great jorts and a pair of one of summer's trending shoes, and everything else just falls into place. From pastel jorts and kitten heels to baggy denim shorts and flip flops, we have compiled a guide to the perfect jort-shoe pairings, below.
Kitten heels temper the boyishness of the jort; one needs only to look at Opéra Sport's Spring/Summer '25 collection, where true-blue denim was paired with strappy mules, for proof. We especially love content creator Liv Madeline's unexpected pairing of lemon-yellow and claret-red.
Two summers in and the jelly shoe is still going strong, from Chloé's kitten-heel iteration to Ancient Greek Sandals' Iro ballet flats. On holiday, style them with Agolde's high-waist jorts and a smocked crop top.
Jorts in a lighter wash – either cream, white or ecru – have a preppy feel, especially when teamed with a matching jacket. Play to this with classic ballet flats, or inject a little edge with a Tabi shoe – Margiela's painted pair nods to the history of the brand, when the designer would repurpose unsold boots for fashion shows by painting them.
Here we see stylist Allison Bornstein's 'wrong shoe theory' in action – a pair of sneakerinas (the trainer-meets-ballet-shoe hybrid) and crisp, indigo-rinse culottes. And, well, it works. The sneakerinas at the top of our list include the Puma Speedcat Ballet, Adidas Taekwondo Mae, and Ganni's lace-up ballet flats.
Longtime jorts fan Hailey Bieber is particularly partial to a vintage, bleach-wash pair by Levi's, which she always wears with white socks and a rotation of shoes, including fisherman sandals, trainers (both slimline and chunky) and, our favourite, loafers. We love how they put a preppy twist on an otherwise casual outfit.
Once relegated to the beach and poolside, flip flops have risen up as a fashion staple. You can't go wrong when teaming a black pair with baggy blue jorts and a white shirt, though you may also want to consider some laden with crystals (by Loeffler Randall), rivets, or dangly charms, as seen in Gimaguas' viral collab with Havaianas.
There are few garments that have remained virtually unchanged since ancient times, but the fisherman sandal is one. We can attribute the shoe's more recent revival to The Row, whose caged sandal debuted in 2019 and continues to be relevant today. Opt for a pair with a slimmer profile to wear with sleek, raw denim jorts and an elegant blouse.
3D flower-appliquéd heels are decidedly more unexpected than the usual summertime floral motifs. Moreover, they transform a classic blue-jorts-and-white-shirt outfit. Cult Gaia's Cassidy sandals, which create the effect of calla lilies entwining the feet, are high on our wish lists.
Technically, denim cutoffs classify as jorts (they are jean-shorts, after all), and, since they are a longstanding summer staple, we are including them here. We're still thinking about this outfit Bella Hadid wore this time last year, which includes the aforementioned Daisy Dukes (the more frayed, the better), a pair of cowboy boots, and a fitted tee.
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