Kim Petras brought a dose of fetish romanticism to Paris on Saturday, arriving at Ann Demeulemeester ’s spring 2026 show in the house’s Hilla boots — a silver lace-up ankle style set on a tapered stiletto heel.

The metallic pair featured a peep toe, open lacing through metal eyelets, and a sharply contoured heel. Layered over ribbed white leg warmers, the boots added edge to Petras’ deconstructed white look. Sheer cotton layers and loose ribbons broke up the structure. The white-on-white palette pointed to Demeulemeester’s early focus on shape and material — ideas she’s explored since her first collections in the late 1980s.

The Hilla stands among the house’s defining modern boot shapes. Its taut construction and metal hardware trace directly back to Demeulemeester’s early experiments

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