< img src ="https://assets.vogue.com/photos/64d0fb12321e5a10a0c8cc24/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/havaianas_comp.png"alt=""> A Havaiana resurgence is the rational endpoint of all the football headscarfs and vintage jerseys that have been popularized under the “blokecore” search tag on social networks, where people movie themselves drinking lager while using straight-legged jeans, their white socks poking out of Adidas Sambas. These are the people who appear like they are into football, however are more into clothing. And while the UK might be credited with developing the “gorgeous game”, it was Brazil– with its 16,000 expert gamers– that made the sport a worldwide phenomenon. Pele, Ronaldinho, Neymar, Thiago Silva … there is a reason the country is described as the país do futebol, and a reason that fashion observers are casting themselves as patriotic balcony babes at the 2002 England vs Brazil World Cup game.It would be all too simple to link the attraction of the Havaiana to style’s continuous fascination with unusual shoes. But I would argue that the so-called “awful shoe” has been mainstreamed to such an extent that the majority of them no longer register as unappealing: Naomi Campbell uses balloon heels and Victoria Beckham uses Croots and Pamela Anderson wears whatever these are implied to be. The majority of these are aestheticized, cartoon variations of ugliness that appear to have been designed with the specific intention of traveling long distances on the feed. None would motivate as much horror as a set of Skechers or Geox or some toe-baring flip-flops, for example.Of course, the Havaiana doesn’t care how it may be viewed. It sits outside of style and has that same unshakeable confidence I picture a lifeguard might have. Plus, it is too busy applying Piz Buin factor 5 to its rampart-like shoulders to believe for even a split-second about anything.Shop our favorite style flip-flops, below.
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