Forget the ’90s. The early 2010s are calling, and they’ve brought the IT shoe of 2011 — the IsabelMarant wedge sneaker — with them.
The year is 2011. “Rolling In The Deep” is playing. You’re on your iPhone 4S, scrolling through this new app called Instagram. Suddenly, your thumb freezes on an image. It’s a paparazzi shot of Beyoncé, holding a tiny Blue Ivy in her arms. But that’s not what catches your eye: It’s Bey’s shoes, a black velour pair that looked like the lovechild of a sneaker and a wedge bootie, imbued with a quintessential French.
Fast forward to 2021, and that cult shoe is back, a full decade after it reigned supreme as the It footwear of the early 2010s, arguably playing a fundamental role in the rise of athleisure. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Bekett — renamed the Balskee, a made-up word as far as we can tell — Isabel Marant is re-releasing the shoe.
Alessandra Ambrosio wears the Isabel Marant Bekett sneakers in November 2012. Photography by Getty Images. This re-release is slightly tweaked, adding a bit more height to the heel, and launching in five new colour ways: Black, white, yellow, red and green, the latter surely to symbolize all the cash the brand made off them in their early 2010s’ heyday.
According to a release from the Parisian designer behind the shoes, she “never stopped wanting to wear them,” although, as she tolda while ago, she lost the will to wear them for a while after seeing too many “super-ugly” knocks offs out there. Still, her statement continues: “The most comfortable things are the things you will always wear and that you are never fed up with.
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