She arrives at the big gallop … and is not about to leave so early! This adored shoe of Jane Birkin returns in force this season. Index: it fits perfectly into the vein Boho chic.
There is no more lunatic than the modosphere. A house erects a garment as a trend of the season, and it’s a whole wall of stylistic convictions that collapse. Not that fashionistas are sheep, but let’s say that we like to be shaken from time to time in our deepest fashion certainties.
Victim of a bad reputation, this shoe-shoe that is put on and disenfile to the second is one of these trends subject to countless disputes. However, she operates a shattering return this season – no offense to her detractors, numerous through generations. Recognizable between a thousand by its wooden sole, its open heel, its leather upper inspired by slippers, with strap or not, this decree shoe is none other than the wooden hoof.
Before her golden age, some considered it a visual abomination, a filthy shoe reserved for the four walls of the house. 70’s in love with libertarianism that bring it out of the shadows. During this decade, hippies adopted and popularize it in abundance because it evokes a “Scandinavian dream” tinged with eco-responsibility and community life, which matched with their idealistic vision of the world. The unisex side of the shoe gives the impression to its owner to campaign for gender equality just by carrying it.
The hippies becoming in spite of themselves, the bulky shoe was therefore intended for being too. Emblematic celebrities of the decade, like Cher or Jane Birkin, have integrated it into their dressing room. Basically, said shoe is carried by the Dutch and Swedish workers, far from the desirability it takes today.
In recent years, the resurgence of the Boho Chic trend has once again sounded their consecration. The hooves invade the podiums of fashion houses like Chloé, Proenza Schouler or even Moschino (Spring-summer 2025 parades), in versions that do not lack imagination: open to the front, with PVC rod and wooden sole adorned with graffiti at Chloé; Dressed in nails on a farting color leather at Moschino …
Thanks to ready-to-wear brands as Free people or Zarathe wooden hooves gallop in the streets, running the most prominent fashionists. And for those looking for comfort above all, at Crocsthey are all dressed in rubber.
One thing is certain: this bulky shoe and the noisy sole will take up a lot of space and make a big splash this year.
