The Shoe Is the Statement Piece Now, and Luxury Houses Have Noticed

Luxury labels are putting their boldest ideas into footwear, and shoppers are treating a striking pair as something worth paying for. Both the houses and their customers see shoes as a sound place to spend, and the money is following. On Worth Avenue or Rodeo Drive, that changes where the eye goes first: down to the heel, the toe, the strange and beautiful shape that announces the wearer before anything else does. For a title that keeps track of who wore what and when, this is welcome news, because the most memorable detail of a look may now be the one closest to the ground.

With reporting from Vogue.