Acorn is the slipper brand from Maine behind the ragg wool slipper sock, now selling a full range of slippers, slipper socks and house shoes for women, men and children at acorn.com. The order goes well when you match the sole to where you will wear them, get the sizing right on a product with no half sizes, and buy from the clearance section rather than the new-season page.
Sole first: indoor, indoor-outdoor or outdoor
Acorn splits its range by sole. Indoor soles are soft, often suede or thin rubber, quiet on wood floors and useless on a wet step.
Indoor-outdoor soles add a moulded rubber outsole that copes with the porch, the bins and a quick trip to the car. Most Acorn buyers want this one and do not know it.
Outdoor soles are proper lugged rubber on the moc and chukka styles. They are house shoes you can walk the dog in, and the heaviest and warmest of the three.
Buying an indoor sole for a household that goes outside in slippers is the commonest Acorn return.
Sizing with no half sizes
Most Acorn styles come in size bands that cover two full sizes each, for example a small that fits two adjacent shoe sizes. There are no half sizes, so a half-size foot falls into the larger band.
Sizing depends on the style. Slipper socks and moc styles stretch and mould; go with the band your size falls in. Clog and hard-sole styles do not stretch; if you are at the top of a band, consider the next one.
Check the Acorn size chart on each product page rather than a general one. Men's, women's and kids' bands differ, and a few styles are unisex with their own chart.
Materials: wool, fleece and the Cloud lines
The original Acorn slipper sock is ragg wool: warm, breathable and durable, and the thing to buy for cold floors. It runs warm, so it is a winter product.
Fleece and berber-lined styles are lighter and easier to wash. They suit heated homes and people who overheat in wool.
Acorn's Cloud lines use a cushioned footbed with memory foam. They are the ones to choose for standing on hard kitchen floors or for anyone with sore feet, and they carry their own category codes.
Shearling and leather styles are the premium tier. They last longest and are the ones worth waiting for a sale on.
Care and lifespan
Wool slipper socks can be hand-washed cool and dried flat; a machine wash will felt and shrink them. Fleece styles usually take a gentle machine wash; check the label on the specific Acorn product.
Suede soles clean with a brush. Rubber soles wipe. Never put any Acorn slipper in a tumble dryer.
A wool slipper sock worn daily lasts a winter or two before the sole thins. The moc and outdoor styles last years, which is the case for paying more once.
Gifting and kids' sizes
Acorn slippers are a gift staple. If you are buying for someone else, take the sole decision for them based on their house, and buy the size band their shoe size falls in. Because there are no half sizes, exchanges are simpler than with shoes.
Kids' Acorn styles are outgrown quickly. Buy the band the child is in now, not the next one; a loose slipper on a staircase is a fall risk.
Delivery, returns and clearance
Acorn ships from the US; free-shipping codes appear regularly, and the site has carried a free-shipping threshold. Check the current rule and use the code below if your basket sits under it.
Returns are accepted on unworn items within a stated window; check the current terms, since clearance and closeout purchases have at times been final sale.
The clearance and closeout sections are where the deepest Acorn discounts live, mostly last season's colours in the same styles. Colour is the only difference; buy the closeout colour.
Where the Acorn savings are
The clearance code is the best in the set, but it applies only to items already in the clearance section. Filter to clearance first, then add the code.
The 30% code is for full-price styles. On a pair of shearling mocs it saves more than the clearance code on a cheap slipper sock, so pick by what is in the basket.
The free-shipping code is worth using on a single-pair order that sits under the shipping threshold. On a larger order, a percentage code is worth more than the postage, and Acorn codes do not stack.
Acorn discounts deepest after the holidays, when winter stock is cleared, and in the late-summer pre-season sale. Buying wool slippers in January for next winter is the cheapest route.
Common questions
Do Acorn slippers run large or small?
They come in bands covering two sizes with no half sizes. Stretchy styles fit the band as stated; hard-soled styles may need the next band up.
Can I wear Acorn slippers outside?
Only the indoor-outdoor and outdoor sole styles. Indoor soles will not survive wet ground.
Can I machine wash Acorn slipper socks?
Wool ones, no. Hand wash cool and dry flat. Fleece styles usually take a gentle cycle; check the label.
Which Acorn code saves most?
The clearance code on clearance items; the 30% code on full-price styles.
| Discount | Type | Get the deal |
|---|---|---|
| 15% off | Promo code | View at Acorn → |
| 20% off | Promo code | View at Acorn → |
| Free shipping | Promo code | View at Acorn → |
| Free shipping | Promo code | View at Acorn → |
