After a year committed to “ fashion flip-flops ” – see The Row’s humble-looking Dunes and Havaianas – it’s time to put our toes away. Flashes of the talus and navicular bones (on the upper part of the foot), however, are allowed, as this season we’ve witnessed an uptick in shoes that encase the foot like a décolletage-revealing knit. Their name? The V-neck shoe, of course.

Phoebe Philo’s V-neck shoes on Céline’s autumn/winter 2016 runway.

Céline autumn/winter 2016.

Phoebe Philo, she of divisive shoe mastery, peddled several V-neck shoes during her tenure at Céline, including styles crafted from supple, sock-like leather with angular heels, which debuted for autumn/winter 2016. Matthieu Blazy, meanwhile, introduced new interpretations at the Chanel Metiers d’art show, worn by models wh

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