Everyday comfort, zero drama
The Winsted is Teva doing what it does best: making a sandal you’ll reach for without thinking — and then wonder why you ever bothered with anything else. The strap design is classic Teva, the colour hits keep it feeling fresh, and the comfort is properly underrated: a contoured EVA midsole brings a level of arch support most sandals don’t even attempt. It’s built for real life too — quick-dry webbing that stands up to scuffs, splashes and weekend mileage, plus an easy hook-and-loop closure that lets you fine-tune the fit in seconds. The outsole is rugged enough for light hikes and everyday graft, and there’s a peppermint-based anti-odour treatment to keep things civil when the temperature climbs. Bonus points for the planet: those straps are made with traceable, verifiable REPREVE® recycled yarn, helping keep plastic waste out of landfill while you get on with your day.
- Quick-dry webbing made with traceable REPREVE® recycled polyester yarn by Unifi®
- Multiple adjustment points for a dialled-in fit
- Easy hook-and-loop closure for quick on/off
- Contoured EVA midsole with arch support
- Durabrasion Rubber™ outsole for durable traction
- Life Natural peppermint-based anti-odour treatment
- Vegan construction
- Vegan
- Webbing made from recycled plastic using traceable, verifiable REPREVE® polyester yarn by Unifi®
| UK | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 |
- Recycled Materials: Since converting 100% of their iconic straps to recycled plastic in 2020 — using REPREVE® recycled polyester fibre sourced from used plastic bottles — Teva has kept more than 24 million plastic bottles out of landfill, and has been recognised on the Textile Exchange Leader Board for their use of recycled polyester
- Reducing environmental impact: Teva has reduced water usage by 33% per pair since 2019 and is targeting a 45% reduction by 2030, while also working to minimise packaging waste — with over 84% of their packaging materials now recyclable, and recycled paper efforts having saved over 401,000 trees in the last six years
Teva started the way all good outdoor inventions do: with someone getting properly fed up. Back in the early ’80s, Grand Canyon river guide Mark Thatcher watched people “make do” with soggy trainers that turned into bricks, or flip-flops that vanished the second the water got lively. So he improvised — strapping a simple system onto a sandal so it would actually stay on your foot.
That scrappy fix became the Original Sport Sandal, and Teva’s been refining the “strap in and go” idea ever since — secure, fully adjustable fits, light-on-your-feet comfort, and that rare kind of versatility that works just as well on a riverside scramble as it does on a campsite coffee run. Teva’s a leader because they never forgot the brief: freedom, without the faff.
And it’s not just nostalgia doing the heavy lifting. Teva has turned its signature webbing into a real sustainability lever — repurposing the equivalent of 119 million+ plastic bottles to date, partnering with Leave No Trace to help protect the places we play, and pushing measurable improvements behind the scenes. In other words: the same brand that figured out how to keep sandals on in moving water is still working on how to keep Earth’s playgrounds open.
