5 mistakes not to make when wearing mules and clogs - Summer's best shoes, but with a modicum of caution

If the news hadn't arrived (and it should have by now) closed sandals, mules and clogs are the new standard of summer shoes. «But will it be possible to go out in slippers?» lace-up shoe fans always ask, which, fortunately, go unheeded. Far be it from us to gatekeep and despise lace-up shoes. Yet those who know the thrill of mules know something that the rest of the world ignores. Distinctions need to be made here: for the sake of convenience in this article we use "mules" as an umbrella term to describe anything ranging from actual mules, and thus with a bit of a heel and no platform, to clogs with a platform but no heel, all across slippers, slides, sabots, backless slip-ons, and you name it. The experience, leaving aside outward appearances, remains the same: a shoe without laces, wearable without particular mechanical operations, very close to a slipper but never as fragile or homely as a slipper. Some mules may have as an element of convenience a strap or band that holds the heel in place (purists say that the true mule has nothing around the heel) but we might find a reasonable compromise by saying that the mule never has an upper that surrounds the entire foot.

Wearing mules and clogs is not super complicated, the styling practically does itself, however, there are some cautionary measures to employ to avoid faux pas that ruin your look. After all, as they often say, the devil is in the details. And what follows is a list of five details you should not overlook for anything in the world.

1 – Going sockless with rubber clogs

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The dreaded ballerina effect occurs when the sole of the mule or clog is so thin that it makes the wearer look as if he or she is not separated from the ground, imposing a duck-like gait, almost as if he or she were scampering around. As we said above, the difference between clog and mule lies precisely in the thickness of the sole, which, regardless of the model chosen, nonetheless exists to some extent. The flaw is even more obvious when the shoe being worn is a very low canvas slip-on or even the classic house slipper that many West Coast stars like to wear to go out flaunting a certain insouciance. Needless to say, for both stars and the rest of the planet, the style choice is not among the best ever.