Carina Wedge Espadrilles

The Carina is THE wedge espadrille (Castañer invented it for YSL), and at €115 in Spain vs $235 in the US it's a buy-at-source no-brainer.

Price: 115 EUR (Official castaner.com Spain price for the Carina canvas wedge (the model created for Yves Saint Laurent in 1970))

Where to buy: Castañer boutiques in Madrid (Claudio Coello) and Barcelona (Rambla de Catalunya), El Corte Inglés

Price checked 2026-07-03

• US list is more than double the Spanish price for the identical shoe — one of the widest gaps of any Spanish brand
• Runs half a size small; canvas colors sell through by August
• This is the luxury espadrille — for the €14-25 artisan original see La Manual Alpargatera below