If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Summer’s buzziest shoes are delivering all the nostalgia (jelly sandals! retro sneakers! Mary-Janes!), but one trend has quickly taken the lead among fashion insiders everywhere: the heeled flip-flop. From the runways to celebrities like Hailey Bieber and Miley Cyrus to the Instagram feeds of every fashion insider summering in Europe right now, the return of kitten heel flip-flops is in full force for summer 2025. And if you’re not looking to splurge on a pricey designer pair, Amazon Prime Day (which is happening now through July 11, in case you somehow missed it) has a ton of major deals on flip-flop sandals, so you can get the look for (way) less. This year’s Prime Day fashion deals feature heeled flip-flops that channel the elevated luxury of runway favorites from designers like The Row and Toteme — at prices under $35. Whether you’re into classic ...
If your first introduction to Ella Stiller is from the audience at the intimate DR2 theater near Union Square, where she’s making her off-Broadway debut in “Dilaria,” you might be guarded when you meet her in person. But Stiller takes any trepidation as a compliment. “ There was one night, I was talking to a girl who was so kind and lovely and she said to me, ‘you are such a good actor, because I hated your character so much,’” says Stiller of a recent post-performance interaction. “And the next girl I talked to immediately said, ‘oh no, I loved her. I loved Dilaria, and I hate her. I want to be her, and I want to be nothing like her,” adds Stiller. “To me, that’s the rewarding thing to hear: that you can’t decide.” In person, Stiller is convivial, engaged, easy-going. She transforms onstage into Dilaria: cruel, obsessive, manipulative. Mean. “She does all the least socially acceptable things,” she says of the narcissistic character, a recent college grad who quickly has the ...