The 12 It Shoes You're About to See Everywhere
When it comes to key buys for S/S 17, one designer piece stands out as the thing making seasoned editors and street style stars hysterical: Dior's glossy kitten heels with J'ADior slogan ribbons at the heel. As soon as they hit the catwalk in September during Paris Fashion Week, they were almost instantly given It-shoe status.
Dior's £650 slogan kitten heels.
But these aren't the only shoes making fashion fans giddy in 2017, as the likes of Gucci, Miu Miu and Dorateymur have also created statement shoes worthy of such an accolade. Saint Laurent has also tapped into the logo-flashing shoe trend, with black glossy stilettos with sculptural heels spelling out "YSL".
Meanwhile, you'll also spot Attico's backless mules in white and black in dozens of recent street style pictures, and we spotted J.W.Anderson's cylinder-heel gold mules all over the front row during London Fashion Week. If money is no object when it comes to your shoe budget, may we also recommend The Row's take on the kitten heel? Can you see a trend emerging? These key designer shoes for 2017 are all inherently ladylike—even at their most unusual.
Keep scrolling for our guide to the best designer shoes of 2017.
We spotted these J.W.Anderson heels all over London Fashion Week.
Attico's mules are at the top of every editors' must-have list, and these crystal-embellished palm tree mules are our favourites.
These are without a doubt the street style shoe of 2017, and are available at Dior's Bond Street store.
Dorateymur is one of the most buzzed-about new labels, and these gold slippers prove that flats can be just as glamorous as stilettos.
Gingham is big news this year, and Miu Miu's ribbon-detail ballerina pumps are still the shoes du jour.
These Saint Laurent logo pumps are certainly the sexiest shoes of the season.
Every super blogger we can think of has been wearing Alberta Ferretti's embellished slippers.
Proenza Schouler's mules were popular when they launched last year, and the mirrored version are street style gold.
Like it or not, the kitten heel is back, and these ones by The Row are the perfect cross between mules and kitten heels.
The kitten heel is back in a big way this spring.For more of the key buys for S/S 17, see our guide to the biggest trends.
Emma is a freelance fashion editor with over 15 years experience in industry, having worked at The Telegraph, Grazia and, most recently, British Vogue. Emma was part of the founding team of Who What Wear UK, where she worked for six years as Deputy Editor and then Editor—helping shape the team into what it is today is one of the biggest privileges of her career and she will always see herself as aBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing girl, contributing to both the US and UK sites. Whether she's writing about runway trends or spotlighting emerging brands, she aims to write about fashion in a way that is democratic and doesn't promote over consumption.