Trust Jacob Elordi to tell you what loafers to wear

The Aussie actor likes to wear his loafers scrunchy and from The Row

By Tyler Dane Wingco

Published: Oct 22, 2025

jacob elordi loafers — Jacob Elordi in New York City wearing The Row Soft Loafers. Image: Getty

WHEN I INTERVIEWED Jacob Elordi earlier this year for his excellent (and Emmy snubbed) TV series, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he greeted me warmly like a fashion bro. “Aye, Bodeeeee,” he effused, referring to my Bode x Nike Astro Grabber sneakers. This was an actor, I thought, who has an army of stylists at his disposal and is paid to dress him in the season’s finest wares, yet he probably keeps a burner account to stay updated on, say, menswear Reddit.

Since then, we here at Esquire have been taking note of the Australian actor’s menswear catnip-filled wardrobe: French workwear chore jackets, signet rings, itty-bitty man bags. His style is a field of study worth looking into. He is, arguably, young Hollywood’s consummate menswear guy – whatever he wears next is anointed as the next ‘It’.

Less observed, though, has been his footwear. (Going barefoot to the supermarket, he is a Brisbane boy, after all.) Throughout northern summer, Elordi has been seen throughout Europe and the US in some of the season’s hottest grails right now: the Dries Van Noten suede sneakers, the Maison Margiela sprinters, and the Nike x Jacquemus Moon shoe. And as the weather cools down there, his public appearances erring to smart casual eveningwear, he’s changed up his shoe rotation with a new development in the space: soft, scrunchy loafers.

Currently on the road promoting Frankenstein, Elordi was seen hitting the New York City sidewalk in a pair of The Row’s Soft Loafers: made in Italy, almond-toed, rubber-soled and unstructured that retails for $2645. (Pick your jaw off the floor if you must, but for reference, a pair of rubber flip-flops from the cult American label go for more than $1000.) Harry Styles is also a fan of the shoe, seen around London in an eel version, which heightens the crinkled look closer to the toe.

As sporty sneakers have gone Ozempic thin, it was only a matter of time before they hit the leather shoe space. The leather keeps it appropriate for dinners or smartening up a day outfit, but the innovation here lies in the unlined structure, giving way to a pliable flexibility that’s familiar to sneakers. Essentially, and what makes it different from your regular penny, it’s a loafer without the blistering break-in period, with its allure in its collapsible build.