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Best Women’s Loafers to Shop This Season

2025’s third quarter was a notable season for loafers, per the Lyst Index — where the same silhouette across two different labels dominated the trend forecasting platform’s hottest products list. Saint Laurent’s Le L o afer and The Row’s Eel Loafer clinched second and fourth place in the roundup, respectively. Almost a year later, we’re seeing the styles pop up once more in pop culture references (think Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s ensembles in the hit Hulu show “Love Story” ), sported by celebrities on the red carpet, and photographed on the feet of It-girls worldwide.

Originating in Norway as a practical measure for fishermen and achieving notoriety stateside with the help of G.H.…