A “ugly” shoe that gives look … and an alleged good posture. For the past few months, this original style shoe has been making a raid. It nevertheless arouses debate among podiatrists and fashionistas.
Beauty is in the eyes of the one who looks … or on the feet of the one who puts on. This adage is particularly true on the side of the modosphere: the ugly parts never have an indefinite contract. Ugly yesterday, they become connected to the day after, as soon as the modeurs decided. This pair of discussion shoes is therefore one of the latest rehabilitated that no one was waiting for. The said shoes have been emulated for a few months, even going as far as breaking.
Identified by our colleagues from Mad Last August, then by Vogue UK At the beginning of the year, they have lost nothing today of their popularity. Thus, in mid-June, @rosabohneur To it too got their hands – or its feet – on the famous “Five Fingers” shoes. As their name suggests, the latter reveal the five toes, making them an accessory in its own right, where they are usually hidden.
Signed by the Vibram brand, these shoes are intended for sports practice such as running or yoga – hence this grip under the sole and this finesse in terms of silhouette. Halfway between the ballerinas and the socks, they stirred the fashionistas because they combine trends (ballerinas, ugly shoes etc.), continue the hype and go even further in the stylistic proposition than the tabis of Margiela. Tabis having become too “mainstream”, it was necessary to find another object of desire less popular to have this feeling of rarity. It’s all found.
The hype has not come down since; Atypical shoes having the wind in pump. Proof of this is, Balenciaga imagined The Zero, its own sole -style sandal in late 2024. You have to believe that in the world of fashionistas, the more it is, and the less there. Indeed, there is a kind of growing trend towards the “tailor -made”, the adjusted, the light, to the detriment of the oversize or the very large.
On the practical side, athletes praise their ability to strengthen foot muscles, improve balance and posture: virtues supposedly supported by podologists. A promise that Tess Ryfa also seems to believe: “It seems that it is super good for posture.” However, these arguments are dismantled by detractors: based on any scientific study, they would only serve the commercial interests of the label. Whatever, this is not the reason why the fashionists came at the beginning. But they are now warned.
