For the second consecutive quarter, a mary jane hybrid shoe is without doubt one of the prime 10 hottest merchandise on the planet.
Vibram‘s V-Soul, a FiveFingers glove shoe with {a partially} open foot and straps such as you’d discover on a ballet flat or mary jane, took the number-five spot within the Q2 2025 Lyst Index. Its look, pushed by a 110 enhance in site visitors on Lyst‘s platform, comes after the Puma’s Speedcat Ballet took the number-three spot for the primary quarter of 2025 and the marketplace for comparable hybrid fashions has exploded.
Largely bought out by way of a number of restocks this 12 months, the V-Soul affords a really specific expertise to wearers due to its articulated toes and barefoot-style sole. Using the shoe can strengthen muscle tissue in any other case uncared for by extra sturdy footwear, however that very same course of may trigger some preliminary rising pains.
The V-Soul was the third hottest shoe in Lyst’s report, behind solely The Row’s Dune sandal at number-one total and Miu Miu’s Suede Idler at quantity 4. Taking the second spot was the Skims Tank High, and straight behind it was the Adidas Adicolor Classics Sprinter Shorts at quantity three. No bag appeared within the prime 10, which is the primary time that’s occurred since Lyst started releasing its quarterly Index in 2018.
Sneakers borrowing components of mary janes and ballet flats have fashioned one of many defining traits for footwear in 2025. Though not technically such a hybrid, the Adidas Taekwondo suits the aesthetic with its barely there sole and was Lyst’s hottest shoe for first quarter 2025 and the second hottest product total. A subsequent spinoff of the mannequin, Dangerous Bunny’s Ballerina, leaned into the connection even additional.
Chatting with Footwear Information in April, StockX merchandising director Drew Haines stated of the proliferation of those hybrid fashions: “I believe this has some endurance. Imagine it or not, again to highschool isn’t too distant. And the vacation season, we’re already deep into right here. I believe these merchandise may very well be a number of the ones that you just see as a number of the prime, prime sellers throughout that point.”
Ballet flats and mary janes had already been trending for years on their very own, and the addition of sneaker tech brings each added consolation and a bridge between formal and informal. Related transformations embrace Puma’s Mostro Fey, the Louis Vuitton Sneakerina and Crocs’ Terre Ballet Core.
