The best occasion flat shoes: ballet flats and Mary Janes
The Mary Jane strap is this summer’s most considered detail. Hermès‘ Meli in cutwork caramel calfskin and Louis Vuitton‘s Romy — the house’s enduring ballet flat, here in studded mesh and crystal-scattered suede — prove that a flat can carry an entire evening. Prada‘s gold woven raffia Mary Jane confirms it.
Loafers and mules
Slides, sandals and slingbacks
Hermès‘ silver pointed slingback is for women who consider themselves above occasion dressing and are mildly surprised to find themselves very much in it. Saint Laurent and Tod’s anchor the sandal argument; Fendi‘s baby-blue mink Baguette slide argues something more joyfully unhinged.
