Meet the ultimate in house shoes

If you’ve got your head around the concept of the hard-working house dress, then you’ll have yourself a comfortable outfit-in-one to throw on every morning. But what about your feet? It feels odd to wear proper shoes around the house, so are you combating the inevitable chill that creeps in when working from the kitchen table by layering fleecy socks? Or wearing the soles of your favourite slippers thin by padding around in them from morning to night? What you need is a ‘house shoe’.

Perfect for pottering about in, the styles below call themselves slippers but they are so much more. Combining solid footbeds with tactile linings, these house shoes tick off the need for indoor-appropriate footwear that is structured but still cosy. And as Ffion Lloyd, Partner & Assistant Buyer for women’s shoes says: ‘Demand for comfort during lockdown brought about the renaissance of the slipper and has seen the category become an all-year-round purchase consideration. We anticipate the demand for house shoes to continue and expect them to enjoy a cosy fashion moment while we transition into summer.'

And as the weather gets fairer, house shoes are ideal for shuffling around the patio or balcony for a screen break with a cup of coffee. Just don’t take them a step too far by walking the dog in them…