When Does a Shoe Stop Being a Shoe? (opens in new tab)

On Tuesday, during its cruise show in Biarritz, France, Chanel introduced a creation that was not so much a shoe as a sh—. Not a sandal but a san—. Just small bits of leather cupping the model’s heels, held in place by angel-hair straps tied over the instep. The model’s feet, from about mid-arch to the toes, were left naked to feel the plush ivory carpet on which they walked. "I am sure they were thankful it was not a stark cement floor," the style reporter Jacob Gallagher wrote in his latest...