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Walking a mile in Julia Fox’s shoes just got a little harder.
At Marc Jacobs’s latest runway spectacle—held in the hallowed halls of the New York Public Library—the actress arrived in true form: blissfully running in the opposite direction of fashion’s safe zone. Fox turned heads in a blush-toned bubble-hem midi dress from the designer himself, complete with a plunging neckline, floral-embroidered collar, and a dramatically oversized pink bow. As a tongue-in-cheek subversion of a traditional night gown, the look was a fun head-turner, but it was what she wore below the hemline that really sent tongues wagging.
Her footwear choice? A pair of ivory satin pumps with comically elongated toes—a silhouette that nods to Jacobs’ signature warped glamour. The shoes, also from the runway, are the kind of accessory that makes the industry collectively wince, then cheer. Wacky footwear, after all, has always occupied a peculiar, enduring space in fashion: from Vivienne Westwood’s infamous platforms to Loewe’s balloon heels, the more impractical, the more potent in our hearts.
Fox, ever the fashion provocateur, paired the look with a sleek Small Cristina Satchel in matching ivory and wore her inky hair down with a wet-look sheen. A deep purple smoky eye, reminiscent of the 90s, sealed the deal with its gothic romanticism.
The Uncut Gems star wasn’t alone in her sartorial risk.
Saturday Night Live’s Ego Nwodim opted for the same elongated-toe pumps in black while attending the show, proving that even when minimalism continues to trend, the weird shoe reigns supreme.
