Shoe Zoom Discussion: Céline’s furkenstocks

Designer Phoebe Philo, who had her third child in April, definitely knows the way to Sesame Street. How else do you explain the furkenstocks and pool sandals at Céline’s Spring/Summer 2013 show at Paris Fashion Week? According to WWD and Beth Buccini, co-owner of high-end retailer Kirna Zabête, Céline‘s fur-lined spring 2013 flat sandals or “furkenstocks” as they call them, are Spring's 2013 new it-shoe.

“The furkenstocks went above and beyond my wildest imagination, I could not have loved them more. When I think back on the entire spring season across the board, that is the one item that really sticks in my head as cheeky, new, innovative and fun and comfortable.” Beth Buccini said.

Instead of the sleek loafer pumps of seasons past, Philo planted her models’ feet in retina-searing hues of mink: Elmo red, Cookie Monster blue, and Big Bird yellow, to be exact.
Philo defined the collection as being about "beauty and friendship". Owing to the arrival of
 her baby, this collection had been very much a joint effort with her team, she said. "It felt like a journey. It has been about supporting each other and being kind to each other." How exactly this related to raw-edged silks and primary-hued furs, she declined to say.

Hmmmm would you wear these?