Stylish reminiscences, these pumps with micro-heels embellished with an elastic evoke at first sight this epinal image printed in our childhood memories: that of a feminine wardrobe - often maternal - to the comforting outdated aesthetic. Lost in sight since the end of the 90's , slingbacks are now making a comeback in favor, both on the street and on catwalks' catwalks.

The slingback is dead, long live the slingback

At the origin of this change of trend, a man, the masterful Karl Lagerfeld , who deserves the heir of Gabrielle Chanel , decided in 2015 to revive the mythical two-tone shoe imagined by the designer in the late 50s, affixing a square heel and contemporary lines. While the beige hue of the pump gives the impression of lengthening the leg, its black tip visually shortens the foot , thus creating a silhouette with finesse. An optical illusion that hits the mark , the Chanel slingback of the 2015 winter collection, rising in a few days to the rank of bestseller of the house. The trend was launched.

Two years later (or almost) , it is Maria Grazia Chiuri at Dior who seizes this pragmatic shoe, imagining a shoe with the small heel, thin, slightly curved, and the delicate bridles stamped with the new watchword of home: "I 'ADIOR! ". Same success, the slingback conciliating with virtuous injunctions of elegance and imperious needs of comfort.

Result? The ready-to-wear industry, from luxury brands to cheap banners, is quickly seizing the new fetish shoe for active women, helping to rehabilitate a trend that was thought to have finally collapsed. QED.