These ridiculous-looking shoes are actually very, very clever. Trust us.

Sometimes you don’t know what you truly need until it’s staring you right in the face.

Right now, it’s these shoes.

“Instagram has definitely played a huge role in many of the ‘questionable’ trends we’ve seen of late,” stylist Alyce Cowell told Mamamia previously for a story about the re-emergence of ugly shoes.

“There are so many trends that work on social media — especially when they’re styled, worn and photographed by an effortlessly cool fashion influencer or celebrity— that just don’t translate into real life.”

So don’t be surprised if we do see these shoes in magazine spreads and on fashion influencers for exactly that reason. And that’s who the designers are making them for, rather than trying to solve dressing for Melbourne’s erratic weather. Damn.

Listen: Laura Brown on the moment she was offered the Editor In Chief role at InStyle in America. Post continues after audio.

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