It felt like the day would never come, but after two years (at least!) of ballet flats being the summer shoe, the coquette balletcore stalwart has been knocked off its podium by—what else?—ballet sneakers (or pilates pump depending on your chosen mode of exercise).
In the ever-evolving world of hype footwear, two things are for certain: practicality and style must coexist. Gone are the days of pin-thin stilettos and vertiginous heels, today’s fashion girls — Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid, Amelia Gray, to name a few — are switching out the power shoes of yore for limited-edition sneaker drops and niche footwear. Elsewhere in fashion land ‘ugly trainers' continue to hold firm. Basically, there’s a lot of scrabbling to find the next cult shoe to usurp the ubiquitous Margiela Tabi.
