MEN'S footwear takes a step forward with the Cole-Haan spring collection.
Sandals, once relegated to the beach, are being heralded as a fashion trend to be worn with leisure wear in this season's more relaxed attitude.
Slip into a pair of Cayman slides from Cole-Haan's Resort collection. Black or briar hand-woven leather covers the toes, and the heel is left open.
For a shoe with just as much freedom, but with a slingback, the Nikos offers strappy, plaited leather comfort in a rich spiced-rum shade.
A pair can be worn with either shorts or trousers and a linen jacket.
Cole-Haan gives sandals a country interpretation with the Del Sol and Del Rio, both rugged, Italian bridle leather in either saddle tan or black.
They are finished with hand-sewn detailing in contrasting leathers, functional antique brass buckles and light, blown-rubber soles. They can be worn without socks, with jeans, or with ribbed-cotton socks and Bermuda shorts.