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Catherine Bowen, Professor of Podiatry, University of Southampton

Is the ‘barefoot-boy summer’ trend bad for your feet? Experts explain

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Riffing off 2019’s “hot girl summer” and 2022’s “Adam Sandler summer”, online magazine The Cut has declared 2023 the year of the “barefoot-boy summer”.

American musician Mike Sabath and Euphoria actor Jacob Elordi were both papped walking barefooted earlier this year in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Alexander Skarsgård’s Succession character (tech mogul Lukas Matsson) was also shown walking sans-shoe between private jets in the show’s final season.

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