Hailey Bieber’s Off-Duty Formula Once Again Hinges on Toteme’s Flip-Flop Kitten Heels
Hailey Bieber has kept her summer shoe streak rooted in subtle variations of black heels, and this week in Los Angeles she brought back a pair of Toteme’s flip-flop heels.
Bieber styled the shoes with Gap’s UltraSoft ’90s Loose Jeans in a dark indigo wash. The relaxed denim’s pooled hem left the heeled flip-flops fully visible at the ankle, a contrast to the strapless white bandeau top she wore with it. Black rectangular sunglasses finished the look, keeping the palette minimal while leaning into a casual, late-’90s and early Y2K proportions.
Hailey Bieber leaving lunch with her Rhode company partners while wearing Toteme leather flip-flop kitten heels at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood earlier this week.
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The $560 Toteme style is not new for Bieber. At the end of June, she was spotted in what appeared to be the same thong-heel silhouette during a Manhattan outing, paired then with white polka-dot capri pants. That look ran alongside a second appearance the same day in Saint Laurent mules, positioning her within a broader wave of barely-there black heels that has carried through much of her summer wardrobe.
A closer look at Hailey Bieber’s leather heeled flip-flops from Toteme.
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Flip-flop heels have also been among the season’s most divisive silhouettes. Rosé of Blackpink wore a slim white pair while traveling in Milan, while Emily Ratajkowski and Latto have favored pared-back neutral leather takes for day and night appearances alike. On the men’s side, Jonathan Bailey has pushed the conversation further, wearing The Row’s $690 Dune sandals from a London photocall to Los Angeles streets. The choice jolted menswear out of its Oxford-and-loafer script and made the high-fashion flip-flop a flashpoint for both “quiet luxury” and appropriation debates, with Brazilian voices calling out how quickly Havaianas were reframed as runway novelty.
Toteme Leather heeled flip flops black, $560.
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For Bieber, the consistency reflects her larger footwear rhythm. She tends to cycle between a few categories — black pumps, sleek mules, minimalist heels — using them interchangeably to anchor outfits that vary in shape. Even with Rhode’s billion-dollar expansion under E.l.f. Beauty placing her in new professional contexts, her off-duty looks have kept to the same formula: clean, controlled and choosing shoes that carry an understated edge.
