Thank goodness,” one socialite-slash-model exhaled into my ear during an art-world soirée in a Chelsea penthouse amid Frieze last month. “Everyone is finally back in their heels again.”
I scanned the marble floor and it was click-clacking indeed. The trend isn’t confined to the British capital — it’s part of a wider high-heel renaissance which has travelled from New York Fashion Week and on to the various parties of Paris as well. Stylish women (and not a few men) are once again kicking off their ballet flats and trainers and teetering into the night a few inches taller.
