My most comfortable walking sandal looks as good on the dock as it does at dinner in 2026

I’ve only gone fishing a few times in my life, most recently just over a year ago on Lake Taupo in New Zealand, where I caught and promptly released a trout or two. It’s safe to say that I’m no fisherman – and yet I’ve been looking like one by way of my footwear. The fisherman sandal – and I know I’m not alone in this – has become my go-to summer shoe. I wear it not on the docks nor out to sea but on the streets of New York City, where random fluids and stubbed toes on…