Fashion55

What is the "Wrong Shoe Theory"?

Fashionistas often use this stylistic trick.

Fashionistas at Copenhagen Fashion Week. Photo: Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

The term "wrong shoe theory" was introduced by American celebrity stylist Alison Bornstein. The idea is that an unexpected, dissonant pair of shoes in an outfit adds more individuality to it.

"Working with clients and analyzing the style of our favorite celebrities, I realized: what makes an outfit interesting and personal is adding accessories that look a little alien or don't quite match the overall mood of the rest of the outfit," Bornstein told Vogue.

For example, actress Elle Fanning appeared in Cannes in 2023 in classic trousers and flip-flops. And actress Katie Holmes once walked the red carpet not in heels, but in ballet flats under a long knitted dress.

Fashionistas at the recent Copenhagen Fashion Week also used this trick. They combined voluminous cargo pants with snake-print shoes, and camouflage shorts with open mules, writes Harper's Bazaar.

The main highlight of the style of show attendees was a complete lack of regularity. The contrast was evident not only in aesthetics but also in symbolism: utilitarian items were combined with luxury and light shoes and accessories.

The fashion publication notes: the democratization of fashion and people's desire to show their individuality and complexity through diversity in clothing gives rise to a "style of contradictions."

Comments5

  • жуть
    08.08.2026
    возьмем две одинаково одетых кабеты (например, в розовую кружевную кофточку и резиновые сапоги до колен): если она идет по улице деревни Гадюкино, то это доярка баба Нюра, сапоги ,чтоб не попало гавно. А если ее двойник идет по красной дорожке в Копенгагене, то это супермодная фифа. Может, в Копенгагене тоже гавно лежит толстым слоем? Я там был лет 20 назад, тогда не было, но может они в рамках "зеленой повестки" перешли на лошадей?
  • добрая парада
    08.08.2026
    жуть, не ворчі!
  • Жнівень
    08.08.2026
    Дык мы тут наперадзе планеты ўсей!
    Калі ў будні дзень завітаць у срэднестатыстычную беларускую веску, то можна пабачыць смелыя спалучэнні спартыйнага стылю са стылем кэжуал, ці класікі са стылем мілітары. Ну, а высокія гумавыя боты - гэта асноўная фішка, бо хрэн ты без іх куды пройдзеш.

Now reading

He was given 15 years based on Protasevich's testimony. He turned gray overnight 3

He was given 15 years based on Protasevich's testimony. He turned gray overnight

All news →
All news

Nastassia Kostiugova on Statkevich's and Tsikhanouskaya's position: The proposal to «squeeze out» sounds like a proposal to wait for something unclear, and for an unclear duration 36

Babaryka: I don't believe in a revolutionary scenario for Belarus 34

From Wednesday, gasoline will increase by one kopeck

Zelenskyy: Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries, but there is a condition 2

In Ukraine, they bid farewell to Belarusian volunteer Vitaly «Vitushka» Tryhubau 10

A whole field of cornflowers bloomed near Mogilev PHOTO FACT 6

Palchys stated that he coordinated the 2020 protests from Minsk and wrote the plans for the first marches 120

First wet snow expected on Wednesday 3

"Very stylish, very beautifully shot, and the three actors were very pleasing." Marcinovich on Andrei Savchenko's "Dziady"

больш чытаных навін
больш лайканых навін

He was given 15 years based on Protasevich's testimony. He turned gray overnight 3

He was given 15 years based on Protasevich's testimony. He turned gray overnight

Main
All news →

Заўвага:

 

 

 

 

Закрыць Паведаміць