Every five to seven years a certain style of shoe is worn by almost every Parisian woman.
Just before I moved here in 2004, the rage was flat, white, boxing boots with laces half-way up the leg. In 2009 to 2010 it was the chic, wedge, high top sneaker from Isabel Marrant. Just before Covid in 2018-2019 it was the Stan Smith white square toed sneaker from the 1970s, which men and women wore.
For 2024, it’s the Mary Jane, the square-toed classic with a strap going across the instep. Of course, Parisians have chicly updated the Mary Jane, now with double straps, silver, canvas, rhinestones, and square and round toed fronts.
When was the last time you wore a pair of Mary Jane’s ?
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