If you want to be fashionable, show your toes – Diepresse.com
The barefoot shoe does not want to get out of this summer season either – why are toes so much in demand?
What big fashion houses sometimes show is often a little understanding. The so -called barefoot shoes are currently surprising, which are to conquer the streets of the fashion metropolises in the coming months. Balenciaga calls his model « Zero », very suitable, you can hardly see the shoe. The creation, which was first shown in January 2025, consists of a sole that encloses the heel and a large toe holder. The other four toes are displayed openly. At first glance, the « sandals » do not necessarily look like something that you would like to wear outside (or at all, in all honesty). Supposedly, this should be quite possible, writes « Vogue » editor Olivia Allen, who explained the shoe for testing on London’s streets (and now at the thought of returning to a closed shoe, claustrophobic feeling).
The fact that fashion has a toe fetish has been emerging for several years: Balenciaga worked with the Vibram shoe brand in 2020 to create a barefoot toe shoe (see picture). Until then, the footwear that looks like a glove for feet was only part of the climbing equipment. With the catwalk debut, it also made a name for itself under fashion -savvy. High-fashion predecessor is undoubtedly Maison Margielas Tabi-Schuh, who only separates the big toe from the others and probably served as an introduction to the world of toe fanaticism.
Now the trend seems to be going that (as good as) no shoes are worn at all. Do we want to feel closer to the earth, combined with nature? Or is it rather to do with the fact that social health awareness increases: away with the oppressive shoes with the sports sector? In any case, foot lovers will have reason to be happy in the coming time, everyone else: head up!
