In some ways, they’re the right summer time footwear alternative: at 5ft 3in, I battle with flats, however the chunky picket platform makes them snug to stroll in. The one problem is stairs, which requires me to cling onto them with my toes lest they fall off my toes (the model does additionally include a strap, however I discovered them to be too small for my ankles).
Because of Chemena Kamali’s debut Chloé present, my clogs–which have been re-soled twice over the previous three years–nonetheless really feel very of the second, with Sienna Miller and Lily Collins each noticed within the French style home’s towering Jeanette model in latest months. In the meantime, Sarah Jessica Parker was additionally noticed in her Cape Clogs within the spring–proof that there’s nonetheless loads of mileage within the previous clackers but.
I did really feel personally attacked, nevertheless, when my colleague Daniel Rodgers shared his styling ideas for the still-trending shoe. “Finest to maintain the milkmaid attire at an arm’s distance… lest you need to be mistaken for a Nineteenth-century Swedish farm hand,” he wrote. Swedish milkmaid… c’est moi? An enormous costume teamed with clogs is my signature summer time look.
The truth is, one other considered one of my colleagues, Vogue Enterprise’s sustainability editor Bella Webb, as soon as joked she might immediately spot me from behind because of the “Emily Chan silhouette”. I felt vindicated although, when she recently wrote that “growing a stronger sense of private model might assist individuals resist the urge to over-consume”–which means that it pays to have go-to staples.
Whereas some individuals, particularly these working in style, could also be embarrassed to be seen in the identical footwear so continuously, I think about it a badge of honor. In spite of everything, who actually wants a couple of pair of footwear for summer time, and one other pair for winter (plus a set of heels for the night, and the aforementioned trainers)? I’ll be carrying my clogs till they’re fairly actually falling aside.
