I assumed they’d all look like the horrific ones I’d seen my grandad wear (with socks, shudder) when on holiday with my family in the ’90s as a kid. Not only this, but the material used on the straps is so soft against the skin and is constructed using a water-ready polyester webbing. I went for the colour black, but they also have Chacha Black Olive (a kind of brown colour), Chacha Lagoon (light blue) and Chacha Tropical Peach (light pink).

Thanks to the platform, these are perfect for toughening up pretty floral minidresses and slip skirts.With an adventurous trip to Bali drawing near, I knew I had to sort the summer footwear out, because I couldn’t wear hiking boots everywhere in 30-degree heat and flip flops just wouldn’t cut it. I’d recommend the Teva Midform Universal Sandals to any adventurous woman who still likes to look fashionable (and as little like her grandad as possible) on her travels. So, after eyeing up a pair of stylish looking sandals on the Teva stand at a trade show in Germany, I thought they would be a good answer to my flip flop problems. The Teva Midform Universal Sandals feature two Velcro fastenings on the straps, one at the ankle and the other at the toes.

All in all, I got on really well with the Teva Midform Universal Sandals in Bali and have used them several times since being back in the country.

It's fair to say that recent fashion trends have been a conveyor belt of "dad" trends, with everything from trainers to match-ready football shirts getting attention from the fashion crowd. Now let’s talk about comfort – because bear in mind, I took the Teva Midform Universal Sandals to Bali and put them on box fresh. Bali threw pretty much everything it could at the sandals, sand, sea, dust, rocks, rice paddies, forest, walking, scrambling (and even a moped accident) – you name it, the sandals survived it all and have managed to come away from it all looking pretty unscathed.