The season’s ‘comeback’ shoe that’s both eternally glam and unfathomably comfortable
telegraph.co.ukcharmed the French, and one of the reasons was her high-low approach to fashion. She mixed statement pieces with casual ones, as evidenced above: the simple black dress and laid-back pose are offset by the knockout scarlet shoes.
Invented in ancient Greece (as far as we know, anyway), platforms were mostly worn by actors. When they popped up in 16th-century Venice, their function was practical – to lift the wearer’s feet out of the oozing mud.
But the belief was also that the higher the sole, the higher the social status, and the result was footwear so difficult to walk in that women needed servants to help them out the door.
It took until the 1930s for Salvatore Ferragamo to make the platform the staple it is today. His rainbow sandal was an immediate hit when he made it for Judy Garland, not least because the cork sole and thick leather strap made it surprisingly wearable.
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