Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 16, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
‘Chore jackets for your feet’: why a pair of gardening clogs is taking over city streets
The Gardanas, a pair of mucus-coloured hemp shoes, are a somewhat paradoxical current must-have. But their appeal goes deeper than the topsoil • Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox?
Sign up here There is every chance that 2026 will be the year you see your first pair of Gardana gardening clogs in the wild. In fact, if you spend much time on TikTok, or live in Brooklyn, you’ve probably already been seeing them for months, if not years.
I saw my first pair a few weeks ago. I watched a dad dropping his kids off at school in head-to-toe Carhartt, a pair of Gardanas peeping out from below his trousers like a shy frog.
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