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Be shoe-tastic in autumn

October 3, 2011 09:43

ByJan Shure, Jan Shure

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At what point did shoes move from being merely an accessory - albeit a crucial one in making your clothes work or not work - to being a style statement on the same elevated level as an It bag (and approaching similar price levels).

Indeed, footwear has become so vital that the front row pictures during New York and London fashion weeks have shifted their focus from the clothing that celebs and fashionistas had on their backs and which handbag they were carrying, to what they were wearing on their feet.

And what they were slipping their tippy-toes into, predictably, were strappy, bondage numbers from Burberry, the YSL Tribtoo court (seen in black and cobalt), Louboutin's studded ankle boot (in fact, almost anything by Louboutin), and the cult Swedish brand Acne.

What these shoes, ankle boots and shoe-boots all had in common was either a vertiginous heel, or a towering platform - sometimes both. Because their wearers know that in order to look fabulous rather than frumpy in a below-the-knee pencil skirt, a midi skirt or a pair of Marc Jacobs-inspired wide-leg trousers, and in order for their legs to look longer and leaner, it is essential to rock a pair of very high, very edgy shoes/ankle boots/shoe boots.