Saint Laurent's Candy shoes—a stacked, retro platform sandal first introduced when the former creative director, Hedi Slimane, was still heading up the Parisian fashion house—has been a consistently popular piece for fashion buyers over the past year. They defied all of the shoe ideals at the time of their inception: Heels were lowering dramatically, and sneakers had been established as a frontrunner in the wardrobes for the style-aware. Then along came these stompy disco numbers to buck the trend.
Since first hitting shop-floors, they've become a constant presence within the brand's seasonal line-ups, arriving in yet more colourways and now even heights. Yes, they are now stacked more vertiginously than the original five-inch version.
Alexa Chung wore a pair just the other night for her Archive by Alexa launch, and with a sassy tiger-print dress from the M&S collection in question, she looked quite the Studio 54 throwback. She's not the only A-lister taking a pair of platform sandal to parties, red carpets and street style moments alike: From Kendall Jenner to Rosamund Pike, Jenna Coleman to Laura Bailey, stacked heels are set to be this party season's biggest trend—in every way.
Shop our fabulous favourites below…
D.I.S.C.O.
This new London shoe label is well worth checking out.
Meet Betty, Candy's grown-up sister.
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These will look so good with tights too.
Do your best Bianca Jagger and pair these with a long, slinky silk-jersey dress.
This aristocratic shade of green is divine.
Who says your platforms have to be plain?Shop more of this week's incredible new-in pieces here.Opening Image: Getty Images
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