8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (206+ words) Air Mail “What’s even in there, eh? Flat shoes for the subway?” Tom Wambsgans’s “ludicrously capacious bag” barb from Season 4 of Succession was almost a perfect burn but for a subtle anachronism. The idea that a young woman would change…...

8+ hour, 16+ min ago   (246+ words) Air Mail Everyone is talking about how weird shoes are back. There’s the outrageously long-toed Brigitte pumps, courtesy of Saint Laurent, the clear PVC ankle booties at Loewe, and let’s not forget the absence of arches altogether at Chanel Cruise…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (338+ words) Air Mail Tim Foster, the pointe shoe painter for the New York City Ballet. In the 1948 film classic The Red Shoes, which sets the Hans Christian Andersen story inside a ballet company, there’s a scene that sees 12 pairs of pointe…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (113+ words) Air Mail “I feel pretty secure when I know I like something, but those days right before the showroom opens are always a little scary,” he tells me. It’s a refreshing admission coming from a seasoned fashion designer whose résumé…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (161+ words) Air Mail If you ever go to Borgo on East 27th Street in New York City, get the salad. I can’t say for sure what will be in it (you know, seasonality and all that), but I do know it will…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (86+ words) Air Mail From London and Paris to Milan and New York, the legendary designer shares his go-to spots in the cities he loves most As the song by the Proclaimers goes, “I would walk 500 miles / And I would walk 500 more…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (122+ words) The sandal that feels like wearing almost nothing at all. Emme Parsons’ Delice arrives in optic white nappa — thin, asymmetrical straps, an isola heel, and nothing unnecessary in sight. Made in Italy from Leather Working Group certified leather, and the…...