I’m a Ballet Flat Lover at Heart, But I’m Parting Ways With Them This Winter in Favour of This Anti-Heel Boot Trend
There’s something strange in the air when it comes to the state of winter shoes.
In high-fashion spheres, Valentino had Dakota Johnson wear a pair of white lace stockings without anything else for its latest campaign, while The Row recently sent models down the runway wearing hotel slippers.
On the streets, however, something more interesting is a foot. It’s true, tasteful dressers throughout New York and London are parting ways with their sturdy leather loafers and soft ballet flats in favour of the surprisingly chic flat sock boot trend.
On the heels of hybrid footwear reign, see: sneakerinas, five-finger flats and jelly flip-flops, this look has arrived to solve a styling conundrum I didn’t even know existed. Not quite a sock, not quite a boot but still already the leading winter boot trend, this silhouette is seemingly both and neither at the same time and is already gaining a legion of refined followers.
So, what exactly is a flat sock boot?
What is the Flat Sock Boot Trend?
For the uninitiated, this trend refers to a kind of slip-on shoe that’s rendered so close to the body that it almost appears to be wearing, as the name suggests, what you’d find in your underwear drawer. The style is almost always designed without a heel and cut at the ankle, so it finishes just above the bottom of the leg.
The style first piqued my interest at the beginning of the season when Jennifer Lawrence was pictured emulating a ‘90s romcom character in an oversized winter coat from Almada Label, a coriander seeds-coloured Loro Piana cashmere hat and a studded suede bag from Barcelona-based cool-girl label Gimagaus. Finishing this frazzled Manhattanite look off was Le Monde Béryl’s Luna boot, a pair that scantily raises off the ground and hugs the foot in a sheaf of calf’s leather.
