Jennifer Lawrence bikes through New York in coastal grandmother slides

Jennifer Lawrence biked around New York City in a striped cream-and-black button-down, a lacy white bralette and black pull-on pants, then finished the look with tan suede slides that softened the whole outfit into something easy and lived-in. The actor’s June 24 ride also included a black “Blank Check” baseball cap from Alltimers and inky-black rectangular sunglasses from Thistles, a mix that made the outfit feel less like a styled moment than a wardrobe she could actually move in.

The shoes did the heaviest lifting. Harper’s Bazaar identified the tan suede pair as Hugo Boss slides with silver buckle straps, a detail that matters because the silhouette reads almost Birkenstock-adjacent but lands with a cleaner, more polished edge. They have also become a repeat go-to for Lawrence on city walks and school-drop-off looks, which is exactly why this outfit works: the sandals are practical enough for a bike, casual enough for a curbside errand and polished enough to survive New York.

That balance is where coastal grandmother has moved beyond mood board language and into real street style. The aesthetic picked up traction on TikTok in 2022 after Lex Nicoleta popularized the term, and its visual code is familiar: striped tops, cotton or linen button-downs, chambray shirts, white jeans or pants and classic sneakers. AARP describes it as an elevated blend of Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and the laid-back seaside polish of Malibu and Santa Barbara, which is less about costume than about easy, expensive-looking calm.

Lawrence made that formula feel city-ready by stripping it of anything precious. The striped shirt replaced the beach sweater, the black pants substituted for crisp white denim and the slides took the place of the expected canvas sneaker. The result was coastal grandmother with bike-chain practicality, proof that the look now works as an off-duty New York uniform as much as a Hamptons weekend fantasy.

That is also why Lawrence remains such a useful street-style signal. Her footwear rotation has run from jelly sandals and Salomon hiking sneakers to Mary Jane ballerina sneakers, Uggs and The Row sock shoes, so the slides fit into a broader pattern rather than a one-off wardrobe whim. She keeps choosing shoes that look like they can handle the day, and in this case, the day happened to include a bike ride through New York in a shirt that did not try too hard and sandals that looked ready to keep going.