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The humble gardening clog, once reserved for pottering behind a back door or treading damp soil, has staked its claim on the city streets. In 2025, the garden clog has emerged as fashion’s most talked-about silhouette, gaining popularity over trainers, ballet flats and other shoe choices and upending expectations of what constitutes style. Reworked into modern fashion iterations, the gardening clog maintains its practical slip-on design while being styled for urban wear.
Part of fashion’s ongoing fascination with workwear and practical footwear, designers and brands are looking to unique sources for inspiration. Its appeal is immediately evident – a slip-on shoe with a rounded, rubbery exterior, functional but not obnoxious. With the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Bella Hadid taking to the trend, these sightings have only accelerated the silhouette’s ascendance.
For those raised in the British countryside, the form is comfortingly familiar – a quotidian artefact now reframed. In New York, the trend has taken on almost cult-like significance, with French brand Plasticana’s Gardana clog – crafted from hemp plastic – capturing the attention of early adopters. Despite the brand’s minimal digital presence and absence of new releases since 2009, the shoe has found its way into wardrobes through sheer force of appeal.
And it isn’t just Plasticana, with styles that have sold out. Certain Birkenstock models – such as the popular clogs that went viral on TikTok – and names like Sloggers, Crocs and Bogs come to mind. Footwear brands worldwide are responding, releasing variations that nod to the simple slip-on form while imbuing it with seasonal relevance. And yet part of it remains nostalgic. I hadn’t seen a Croc for many years and had fond memories of choosing shoe charms until recently – now, every second person is wearing a shoe that looks suspiciously like something I once left by the back door.
The best garden clogs
01
Hemp Clogs
$125, Plumo
02
Boston Corduroy Dark Tea Embossed Suede Leather
$317, Birkenstock
03
Gardener Neoprene Lined Clog
$160, Hunter
04
Premium Clog
$79.95, Sloggers
05
Burgundy Leather Clogs
$485, Traktori
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