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Barefoot Luxury
The foot is where the truth is told. One sandal. Leather that earns its colour.
The foot is where the truth is told. One sandal. Leather that earns its colour.
Watch where a stylish woman's eye goes. It travels down. Past the dress, past the bare arm, to the floor. The foot is where the truth is told. A beautiful flat sandal in leather that has earned its colour is not a holiday extra. It is the whole register of summer.
K.Jacques has been making that sandal since 1933. The Abako, the toe-ring Loki instinct, the thing everyone is now imitating ninety years late. Zimmermann's Mindil and a Vera mule are the platonic slide. Khaite owns the strap after dark. Saint Laurent's Mabrouka is the city version. Loewe's Petal, with Paula's Ibiza, keeps a little soul in a simple shape.
The Row turned a flip-flop into an object: Beach, then Ginza if you want height. Toteme does the idea with restraint. A.Emery's Ora and Nolan are the Australian argument. Ancient Greek Sandals — Kallisti for a dress, Talos for a jean. The fisherman is the quiet story: The Row woven, Proenza Capri in black suede.
The mistake is a sandal wardrobe. Five pairs in one week because the colour changed. One last. Repeat it until the leather looks like yours. A dress that already exists. An ankle that is bare on purpose.
Buy K.Jacques or The Row Beach if you want the investment to disappear on the foot. Buy Toteme or Nolan if you want the same idea without collecting. Then stop. A sandal you take off to walk was never this edit.
If the shoe needs a logo to explain itself, it is not barefoot luxury. It is a caption.
Mine is the K.Jacques sandal I walk in. I do not add a second strap the same day.— K.W., Editor-in-Chief
Abako or Nolan. Hem that shows the foot. Bare ankle.
Khaite strap, or Mabrouka. Dress already decided.
Beach or Greek leather. Not a logo flip-flop.
Five sandals in five colours. That is a shop, not a foot.
K.Jacques, Abako, Vera, Mindil. Patina.
K.Jacques. 1933. Patina you cannot fake. Start here.
Abako. The toe-ring beginning. One pair.
Vera mule. The slide you reach for a thousand times.
Mindil. Flat. Platonic summer foot.
Khaite strappy. After dark. House strap.
Saint Laurent Mabrouka. City slide. Sharp.
Mabrouka, Petal, Béryl, Beach, Ginza.
Loewe Petal, Paula's Ibiza. Soul, not hardware.
Le Monde Béryl. Editor's hand-work at the foot.
The Row Beach. Flip-flop as an object. No logo.
Ginza platform. A little height. Still The Row.
Toteme croco flip-flop. Quieter Row instinct.
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Ancient Greek, Talos, The Row weave, Proenza Capri.
A.Emery Ora. Sculptural Australian.
A.Emery Nolan. Everyday of that house.
Ancient Greek Sandals. Leather that deepens in the sun.
Talos. Sleeker Greek. Jean, not a dress.
The Row woven fisherman. The editors' one.
Proenza Capri fisherman, black suede. Architecture.