Starting from the premise that velvet is the top fabric of this season, the trendy shoes for women are becoming a reality of such fashion, followed very closely by leather with fur and the snake print. From the ballerina-inspired collection by Valentino to the modern version of 70s platforms, the maximalisim is the pattern to follow. Bows, pearls, pompoms, sequins, mini flounces an even feathers are decorating the must-have designs of winter season.
TRENDY SHOES AUTUMN/WINTER 2016/2017
Let’s discover the trendy shoes for women!
- FEMININE BALLERINAS Thanks to Valentino’s fashion show, full of graceful models who were wearing silk tulle and skirts remembering Degas’ paintings, the ballerinas raise as the star flat shoes of the season. From the classic flat ballet dancing-sleeper to the booty lace-up think-heel shoes, let’s bet for classic nude tones or choose some dramatic version in wrinkled velvet.
SIMONE ROCHA – VALENTINO – ISABEL MARANT – JW ANDERSON – UMA WANG
MIU MIU Brocade ballet-slippers with shoelaces and leather details, 550€ – VALENTINO Leather ballet-slippers with stud details 420€ – N. 21 Velvet ballet-slippers with crystal and leather details 530€ – AQUAZZURA Sevilla suede ballerina 650€
Comfy shoes that, after appearing in Miu Miu’s Spring-Summer 2016 collection, are clearing out the sneakers’ protagonism to give some femininity to your casual looks. The influencers who went out to the streets of the main Spring-Summer 2017 Fashion Weeks didn’t hesitate, did you?
TOMMY HILFIGER – VALENTINO – ELIE SAAB – GIORGIO ARMANI – JILL STUART
- SOPHISTICATED VELVET Undoubtedly, it’s autumn 2016 material. The luxurious velvet couldn’t be out of the trendy shoe list for this season. A lush material that materialises every type of design, being the vibrant coloured boots in blue or burgundy the favourite of the trendsetters.
VALENTINO – ETRO – MIU MIU – ETRO – JASON WU – CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
MARCO DE VINCENZO Sandalias de terciopelo trenzadas €750 – GIANVITO ROSSI Abotinados en terciopelo con puntera abierta €890 – PRADA Botín en terciopelo con cuña embellecida €1,100 – TOM FORD Sandalias de terciopelo y satén €990
Alberta Ferretti’s shoes are especially flashy, with embroided flowers, as well as Prada’s proposals that also combine the military style which is so in fashion.
DRIES VAN NOTEN – ALBERTA FERRETTI – 3.1 PHILLIP LIM – HAIDER ACKERMANN – CRISTIANO BURANI
- WARM FUR DETAILS You will love them, or hate them, but the furry shoes are here to stay. New York, London, Milan and Paris included a great quantity and variety of leather furry shoes in their fashion shows, starting from subtle details of sheep fur, seen in Maison Margiela, to great leather pieces in boots, such as in Manish Arora.
SONIA RYKIEL – MIU MIU – BCBG MAX AZRIA – SIMONETTA RAVIZZA – JONATHAN SIMKHAI
AQUAZZURA Russian wild mink leather-detailed sandals 849.50€ – MANOLO BLAHNIK Suede Remola boots with leather edges 1,684.76€ – FENDI Mink and fox leather sandals 1,091.53€ – GIANVITO ROSSI Intertwined sandals with mink leather details 1,200.69€
The furry touches are used with unexpected details this season, betting for a refinement feeling in comparison with the craziness of last year. Then, while Sonia Rykiel uses great leather pompoms on her platform high heels, Alexander McQueen limits the platform in his sandals. Whether in its slipper version or in feminine sandals, cover your feet with leather!
SALVATORE FERRAGAMO – DOLCE & GABBANA – BLUMARINE – GUCCI – ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
- VETERAN MILITARY BOOTS Do you remember the look of the beginning of 90s formed by a slip dress and combat boots? Well, there it comes back again with greater strength to the trendy woman shoes thanks to the undeniable success of the military style. Rude boots with laces full of straps, buckles, jewel inlays or golden embroideries add some glamour to your casual looks.
VALENTINO – MAISON MARGIELA – PRADA – MSGM – FAUSTO PUGLISI
BALMAIN Shammy boots with leather details 1,275€ – ETRO Leather boots with velvet interior 1,430€ – FENDI Leather combat boots with Buggie-Eyes details 985€ – FAUSTO PUGLISI Comabt boots decorated with studs and buckles 880€
As seen in Prada and Louis Vuitton’s catwalks, the combat boot has changed the haute couture. A shift that you will get with your Dr. Martens by adding some red spray paint to the buckles or by creating your own mosaic. Bet for the DIY technique!
TOD’S – LOUIS VUITTON – DOLCE & GABBANA – ALEXANDER WANG – ELIE SAAB
- ELEGANT MULES After being the sensation among the influencers in its slipper version and designed by Gucci, the mules still represent one of the trendy woman shoes, despite having a retro-glam heel as a novelty.
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO – ALBERTA FERRETTI – NINA RICCI – MUGLER – STELLA MCCARTNEY
Suede mules with a bow detail 510€ – FENDI Velvet and nubuck mules with flounce 901.70€ – GUCCI Leather mules covered by sheep skin 850€ – PRADA Leather mules with fringes and stud details 950€
Whether you choose a sequin-decorated pair or you prefer a simple design, as proposed by Stella McCartney, choose a mule for the nigh to reinterpret a pin-up girl from the 50s in terms of a modern girl.
MARCO DE VINCENZO – OPENING CEREMONY – LELA ROSE – TOPSHOP UNIQUE – LOEWE
- EXTREME RETRO PLATFORMS This season, the 70s merge with the 90s to put in fashion the platform trend, a famous piece thanks to singers like David Bowie or the Spice Girls. Demna Gvasalia’s debut collection for Balenciaga used these great boots that are currently number one in the wish list of every shoe addict.
MARY KATRANZOU – ROCHAS – PRADA – BALENCIAGA – VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
MAISON MARGIELA Leather loafer with platform 955€ – BALENCIAGA Leather boots with platform 895€ – ROBERTO CAVALLI Platform boots with snake skin print finishing touch 1,170€ – PRADA Velvet sandals in two tones 650€
Do you like platforms and heels? Then, you are lucky! This season you can choose the boots with platform like the ones by Maison Margiela to finish your boho-chic looks.
MAISON MARGIELA – ROBERTO CAVALLI – VIVIENNE WESTWOOD – BALENCIAGA – MARC JACOBS
- PUMP RETURNS Despite the success of flat shoes, like the sneakers or slippers, which prioritise comfortability and functionality over aesthetics, this season the pumps are the kings. Feminine designs that, thanks to their heels, visually lengthen the legs by stylings the silhouette.
MARNI – MOSCHINO – LOEWE – GIAMBA – BOTTEGA VENETA
GUCCI Leather pumps with fabric details 555€ – OSCAR DE LA RENTA Platform pumps Faille Collette, with decorated crystals 975€ – MIU MIU Velvet pumps 1,259€ – TOM FORD Python pumps 1,090€
Pumps, as the rest of shoe designs, are reinterpreted in endless ways this season in order to be born again. Thin stiletto heels (Bottega Veneta), sharp toes (Loewe), sculptural thick heels (Marino) or bejewelled insteps and heels characterise the trendy pumps.
REEM ACRA – CHRISTIAN SIRIANO – MIU MIU – BLUMARINE – OSCAR DE LA RENTA
These trendy shoes for women for autmn/winter 2016/2017 intertwine diferent patterns to follow, and the maximalism is their point in common. Do you dare?
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