There's a weird thing happening with shoes...

and I have to warn you about it. Also, sensible flats that don't look 'sensible' and product updates.

Before we begin, I’d just like to say a huge thank you for all your kind words and support on the launch of this newsletter! It’s always nerve-wracking starting something new, and you never know how it will be received, so thank you for making me cry happy tears. Shout out to the paid subscribers who didn’t even know what they’d be getting, but swiped the card anyway. For some clarity, there will be a free full newsletter each month for everyone, and a weekly newsletter for paid subscribers. Thank you again for being here 💖.

*Sigh*

We start this week’s newsletter with some unsettling news and that is: barefoot shoes are a thing. They’re either an attempt at a ‘fashionable’ water shoe-like creation, or are so boldly, unapologetically ugly and refuse to attempt to be anything else…it’s a travesty. I first heard about the trend from Neverworns by

Liana Satenstein

and I prayed it was just a blip in the fashion radar.

Could it be true? That Vibram FiveFingers, the anti-fashion shoe had somehow become fashionable…

They’re using lace to distract us from it’s ugliness.

I did my best to block this news out, I went on with my life trying to live in a lovely little bubble where beautiful shoes got all the attention, and these hideous-but-practical forms of footwear didn’t exist.

Then I saw this Vogue article about the rise of the ballet sneaker…