# Are gladiator sandals still in style?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 8, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212 "2012-04-08T23:17:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212/1 "2012-04-08T23:17:52Z")

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I haven’t been out shoe shopping lately, so I was wondering if women are still wearing them, or are they “last year?”

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212/2 "2012-04-09T00:59:10Z")

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I sure hope their season has passed. I have not seen them in stores.

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**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212/3 "2012-04-09T10:26:08Z")

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Here’s the [flat sandal collection](http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Shoes/Sandals/Flat) from net-a-porter, which would be a good guide as to what style shoes will be in for this summer (it stocks most of the major designers, who influence the high street stores). Looks to be still strappy, but not as much of the gladiator/up the leg style as in the past.

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**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212/4 "2012-04-09T18:05:35Z")

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They’re available in shops here, but we’re usually a year behind the latest trend…

I bought a pair :o

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**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gladiator-sandals-still-in-style/618212/5 "2012-04-09T19:14:28Z")

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Yes, they are still in.