Ugly Heels: Why You'll All Be Falling For The Latest Footwear Fad

With socks and sandals having broken their way into everyday life and 'Dad Trainers' now officially mainstream, the fashion industry has been under pressure to come up with yet another 'ugly' footwear fad.

Rarely an industry to disappoint, brands have stepped up - figuratively and literally - and delivered us off-kilter to the extreme.

Forget last season's love affair with the kitten heel, this season it's all about the unexpected.

From cigarette lighters to satsumas, thin twigs to glitterballs, there isn't much that hasn't served as inspiration for designers conjuring up the most unconventional and creative heel designs.

The best bit? You don't even have to be a heel-wearing pro to make these work.

Sure, Saint Laurent's spindly perspex pieces and Vetements' boots teetering atop a lighter may take practice (it will be worth it!), but the likes of Jacquemus [above & below] and Rejina Pyo are leading the charge for chunky, ornamental heels. And we are so, so here for it.

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