, this kind of thing feels deliberately distasteful, all while maintaining a frisson of playfulness and provocation. “The foot is an erotic organ and the shoe is its sexual covering,” podiatric scientist William Rossi once said. “The human foot possesses a natural sexuality whose powers have borne remarkable influence on people of all cultures.” An erotically charged shoe, like Kylie Jenner's, is therefore about finding pleasure in the perverse, about splashing in the slipstream between dread and desire.Head over to read more about why toes are the new legs this season.This article first appeared on By British VogueBy Daniel RodgersBy Daniel RodgersBy Kathleen WalshMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast.
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