Fashion

Worst Trend

2014 Winner: Ugly “Chic” Sandals

We’d written off normcore as a pseudo-trend, then realized that the concept may have legs—or, at least, feet—given the bizarre parade of Tevas, Birkenstocks, thick-strapped flatforms and other sandals of orthopedic appearance that have been parading across runways and fashion editorials. Such unflattering footwear has come from designers who should know better. (Proenza Schouler, Helmut Lang and Marni, we’re looking at you.) Some stylists say you should wear them in place of ballet flats, but we hope the curtain has closed on this trend.