Bow Heels Are the Pretty Spring Shoe Trend Cool Girls Love

If you’re feeling as though being completely over winter has become your entire personality, might I suggest focusing on something else, and might I suggest that something be shoes? Sadly, there are many spring shoe trends that can’t be worn until the ice clears, but the one I keep spotting on celebrities in Paris for Haute Couture Fashion Week is all about a subtle detail that adorns a pair of heels, and there are iterations of the trend you can start wearing now.

The trend I’m referring to is bow heels, which draw inspiration from traditional ballet flats. It’s basically a heel adorned with a small, delicate bow. It can be any type of heel, but I most often see it in the form of a pump or mule sandal. The former was just spotted on Alexa Chung and the later on Monica Barbaro, both of which were in Paris to attend the Dior show. Speaking of Dior, it’s safe to say that Jonathan Anderson’s S/S 26 collection for the fashion house, which included many bow-adorned bags and shoes, has something to do with the trend. (I’d be remiss to not mention that Elizabeth Olsen also just wore bow heels in Paris, in the form of Jacquemus slingback pumps to attend it’s F/W 26 “Le Palmier” show.) These It girls’ outfits, included below, pretty much confirm that modern bow-adorned heels add a cool, elegant, and, of course, pretty feel to any outfit they’re paired with.