It was perhaps unsurprising that, during a sweltering summer, everyone seemed to develop an allergy to closed-toe shoes. New York, London, Milan, Paris… everywhere you looked, there were feet. That said, even the most committed wearer of flip-flops, satin sandals or mesh ballet flats must admit there’s little fun in feeling the heat of the pavement underfoot, no matter how freeing the breeze between your toes.
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Dakota Johnson may have found the solution. Enter: the wedge flip-flop. Out and about amid the frenzy of New York Fashion Week, Johnson was photographed yesterday in Jude’s leather Yaga wedge sandals, worn with an LBD – long black dress – from Toteme and Valentino’s Preta Envelope Rockstud bag. That I should find inspiration here isn’t surprising. Deemed “an autumn girl at heart” by British ’s features editor Daisy Jones, Dakota has long been informing my September shopping – all perfect suede jackets and cigarette jeans – so it was only a matter of time before I turned my attention to her shoes.
A longtime advocate for rewearing your favourite items – I’ve seen her in Phoebe Philo’s gathered flats more times than I can remember – Johnson also sported the same sandals the night before with jeans and a bodysuit. Proof, perhaps, that the wedge flip-flop is all you need in your shoedrobe during this transitional season, not to mention a last chance to flash that pedicure before frostbite sets in.
Yaga leather wedge sandals
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