Zoë Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence push controversial shoes into the mainstream
Zoë Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence are turning the once-divisive slip-on into New York uniform, with loafers and slipper flats doing the heavy lifting.
Marie Claire put a divisive summer shoe on its Spring/Summer 2026 celebrity-style page on July 7, 2026, and senior fashion news editor Halie LeSavage made the hook plain: Zoë Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence are the kind of names that can drag a niche look into the city mainstream. That is the whole game here. Once a shoe lands on those two women, it stops reading like a provocation and starts looking like something people actually wear to cross a block, grab coffee, and disappear into traffic.
Jennifer Lawrence has been the cleanest proof of that shift. On April 30, 2026, Us Weekly caught her on an errands run in New York City in butter-yellow loafers, the kind of pair that sits between polished and practical without tipping into either extreme. The color kept it soft, but the silhouette did the real work: flat, easy, slightly unfussy, and just odd enough to feel current. The Gloss has been making the same case for the slipper trend this year, linking Lawrence, Hailey Bieber, and Zoë Kravitz to the rise of the slipper-like flat as a celebrity-approved shoe for 2026.
That matters because Marie Claire has been treating footwear like this as a recurring style signal, not a one-off stunt. The publication has already cast Jennifer Lawrence as a useful barometer for trend shoes, including her Nike V2K Run sneakers in 2024, and its recent fashion coverage has repeatedly labeled shoes as “controversial” while grouping in Mary Janes, ballet sneakers, slide sandals, heeled flip-flops, and hybrid pairs. The pattern is obvious: the more a shoe looks like it should split opinion, the faster celebrity street style can normalize it.
What changes a divisive shoe is not just endorsement, but how it is worn. The shoe has to survive a sidewalk, not just a photo call. Zoë Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence give the look the right mix of insider credibility and public ease, while the New York errands-run context gives it urban logic. When a shoe keeps showing up on women who dress like they are actually moving through the city, the “controversial” label starts to feel dated fast.
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