A stylistic oxymoron, the pool clapper adorned with fur has recently been at the top of the list of unidentified designer objects. Reduced so far to the rank of extravagant accessories that only the spits of the Fashion sphere dared to wear, these shoes (a priori) summer are now acclaimed by ordinary mortals. Explanations.

Everything began, as always, with a blessed birth of creators. Chloé, Givenchy or Simone Rocha : all draw for the fall of 2016 a flat mule, upgraded with shimmering down, sometimes under acid colors, sometimes with a certain sobriety. We keep in mind the Miu Miu tapas with shocking shocking pink, overlaid with pearls of delicate pearly culture, which definitely left no one indifferent.

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But it is ultimately Rihanna that will allow the furred clapper to cross a point of no return, the pop-star offering via its brand Fenty a resolutely sportswear pair that will seduce as well the covers of the magazine as the young fans of the star.

Result? These shoes, which are neither really winter nor really summer, quickly top the list of trendsetters' 2017 predictions, prompting the world of mass ready - to - wear to offer accessible models. We thus find, in a completely improbable way, clappers in (fake) fur on the site of La Redoute as on that of Zara. A lightning spread that has left us pensive, the aesthetic relevance of this trend and generalized yet to be proven.

The more adventurous can try the experiment by teasing a model with minimalist ambitions that they will obviously combine with fluid structured pants , a well-cut blouse and a relatively rigid handbag. Doubtful associations such as those involving filled tatanes and pieces ostensibly atleisure are to be prohibited at the risk of becoming a caricature of the modosphere .