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Jared Leto stepped out in New York City on July 13 wearing blue skull-shaped slides, a pair of shoes he once donned while scaling a hotel wall in Germany last year.
Outside a different hotel in New York over the weekend, the actor and 30 Seconds to Mars musician wore a relaxed white ensemble with his brightly colored shoes. He wore wide-leg white pants with a lightweight button-down featuring long sleeves and a subtle red and gray pattern. His signature long hair was worn out and he accessorized with a pair of sunglasses from Givenchy.
Leto added a pop of color to his outfit with a pair of slides in a bold shade of cobalt blue. The upper portion was designed to resemble a skull, complete with eye and nose cutouts and a jagged outline shaped like sharp teeth. Small skulls were imprinted along the sole of the shoes as well. Leto wore black socks with his slides, offering a dark but neutral base to the ensemble. With both the front and back of the shoe open, slides are an easy go-to style for summertime that allows the foot to breathe.
This particular style of skull slide can be purchased from a myriad of retailers; for example, they are available on Amazon for $15.89.
Leto previously wore the bright blue shoes while in Europe in September 2023. While slides are typically considered comfortable lounge footwear, the multi-hyphenate artist didn’t let that stop him from engaging in an adventurous athletic endeavor when he climbed the side of the Hotel de Rome in Berlin without a harness.
Leto is not only known for his career in entertainment and his dangerous stunts but also for his memorable sense of style. At Lalapalooza in 2023, he wore a pair of strappy high top sneakers with a skeleton-inspired outfit. The Academy Award winner will also tone it down sometimes — he went casual for a beach outing in Saint-Tropez last summer, wearing black mesh Nike sneakers with a short-sleeve button down and white pants.
Take a look at some of Leto’s best fashion moments from over the years below.
