Footbed Sandals Shoes and a clean open-laced Derby

and a clean open-laced Derby front

What it borrows from the derby is the way it holds — an elasticated panel set into the vamp draws the shoe closed around the foot

Buy them once

so you can wear them with or without socks — they let air circulate to keep your feet cool

Footbed Sandals Shoes and a clean open-laced DerbyOur notes A classic T bar over a cork footbed. Open, but it holds you properly. The strap runs wide across the toe, then a slim T bar rises up the centre of the foot to meet a band across the instep, with a keeper holding it neat. Round the back, an ankle strap fastens on an adjustable metal buckle (100% zamak) with pin holes to set it exactly where you want, and there's an elasticated strip built into the strap so it gives as you walk and settles