8 Best Slippers, Tested and Loved by WIRED Staffers (2025) Leave a comment

Honorable Mentions

Rothy’s the Men Slipper for $149: Made with a mixture of three plastic bottles and Responsible Wool Standard-certified merino wool, Rothy’s slippers are delightfully heat whereas providing sufficient traction within the gum outsole to Get Stuff Achieved™. They’re a cosy match, and I just like the fluffy sherpa lining to guard the again of my heel. I wouldn’t put on these exterior, however for those who do by accident step out as a result of they only really feel so dang good (as I’ve), you may toss them within the wash to wash them (simply allow them to air dry). —Julian Chokkattu

Target Women’s Cozy Fleece High-Cut Pull-On Slipper Socks with Grippers for $9: After discovering these from Goal, I refuse to put on some other slippers. They’re light-weight, cowl my ft totally (like socks), and have grips on the backside to forestall unintended slipping and sliding on exhausting surfaces. Since they’re additionally tremendous inexpensive, I personal a number of pairs—I preserve a pair at my residence, my boyfriend’s, and my dad or mum’s home. Relying on how usually you put on them, they’ll get soiled pretty rapidly (primarily as a result of all the pieces sticks to the fleece), however all it’s important to do is throw them within the washer they usually’ll look pretty much as good as new. —Brenda Stolyar

Manitobah Faux Fur Street Suede Moccasins for $100: As a child, I used to be seldom with no pair of moccasins. My grandma bought them for all of the grandkids yearly at Christmas, and I wore them in every single place. The smooth, snug indoor-outdoor shoe was simply an on a regular basis a part of life. As I bought to center faculty I gave in to social stress and my want to be as incognito as attainable, and regularly moved away from carrying or doing something visibly Indigenous, something visibly Mexican.

After my grandma’s dying, I got down to discover a new pair of moccasins related in type to those she bought us as youngsters, and I came upon to Manitobah. That is an Indigenous-owned model staffed with Indigenous designers, and its slippers, cabin clogs, boots, and moccasins are all of impeccable high quality. The road moccasins are like little clouds you may slip your ft into and put on anyplace, adorned with beaded designs similar to those my grandma used to get us. Manitobah additionally has a small market page with distinctive designs. —Jaina Rodriguez Gray