Most men treat sandals as an afterthought and it shows. Something grabbed at the airport, worn with everything, replaced when they fall apart. Navy changes that calculation because it gives you a colour that reads as considered without trying to be interesting, and that matters more than people admit when the weather gets warm and the rest of the outfit is shorts and a linen shirt.

We’ve been looking specifically at sandals that have real structure to them. A footbed with actual support. Straps that sit properly on the foot rather than flapping around. The kind of construction that means you can wear them for a full day without your feet staging a protest by three in the afternoon.

Navy works with almost every warm weather colour in a man’s wardrobe. Khaki, white, olive, even a washed out grey. It’s grounded without being boring, and that’s harder to find than it sounds. These are the ones that reward the attention.