SHOE STYLE SPRING AROMA

New Spring

New Shoe Style

Footwear Fantasia

As the great filmmaker, Federico Fellini knew so well, exaggeration and frivolity can go along way in projecting the inner life of the wearer. There is a whole new chapter in diva shoes arriving soon with strappy sandals at Saint Laurent pinned with a spray of feathers to tickle passers by; satin stilettos at Off White topped with a giant bow and velvet pom pom trimmed velvet heels at Alaia. “And how expressive of character is our footwear! Watching the feet go by one may learn almost as much as by looking in the faces of their wearers. Women have always understood the importance of shoes,” wrote Vogue in 1920. Here, here.

• Pointy Pointy

  In medieval times, gentleman adopted the fashionable poulaine shoe with its extra pointy, curly toe that was stuffed with cloth to hold the shape. In North Africa, the pointy babouche slipper still prevails suggesting prowess and wizardry. JW Anderson is giving the shape a second coming at Loewe with his marvellous and strange poulaine/sneaker hybrid. Wear it if you want to start conversations with strangers (they’re so surprising, people will talk) and be very careful dismounting bicycles.

  
  

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  • Regalia

    With Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s nuptials around the corner, there’s a collective fascination with the ideal Cinderella shoe. These are the kind of embroidered and bedazzling heels that set dreams aloft and prove that you can take centre stage. “Fantasy feeds the imagination, enabling it to transcend the mundane and the ordinary and become, well, extraordinary,” wrote Manolo Blahnik in a 2008 Vogue. Blahnik’s satin jewel backed Sozzani pump will wake up dance floor; Miu Miu’s embellished lace kitten heel would charm a dull Monday, while Erdem’s flock pump might go straight to court.

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• • Plastic Fantastic

    In a society that is calling for increasing transparency, plastic footwear is coming into its own. It suggests, rather like that PU-covered sofa, that you value practicality and are highly partial to sheen. Try Mary Katrantzou’s lattice lace up booties, Chanel’s clear go-go boots to splash through the puddles and Paciotti by Midnight’s plastic-covered satin Cinderella mules (Matchesfashion.com). Revel in the novelty and clean with soapy water.

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  • BONNE CHANCE
  • http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/spring-summer-2018-shoes