Milan: September 22

By Susie Sheffman

It’s a gorgeous, sunny day in Milan today as eds from all camps   trudge from show to showroom in the uniform du jour—the  shortest skirt or dress and the longest, leanest   legs you’ve ever seen this side of a runway. Bare, tanned, and made to look even longer and leaner by way of the “sandal boot”  (don’t even try to call it a shoe) that’s somewhere  between a heavy duty, open toe, cut-out ankle boot and a leg-wrapping  gladiator sandal. A fierce, fabulous hybrid with a tough, dominatrix edge, it has totally eclipsed the bag as the numero uno front-row accessory.

So far shoes on the runway have been big honkin’ platform wedges, but the week has just begun. Talk to me after Wednesday, shoe day in Milano!