When in September 2022 Rosalía was seen on the streets of New York wearing a blue satin mini dress to match Y/Project mega hip-high slouchy denim boots We could already predict what would happen months later: that this shoe would become a trend. It was the announcement with which Glenn Martens confirmed, as creative director of the French firm, that they would become the object of desire of fashionistas and in allies of the closet of celebrities.
We saw the designer’s declaration of intent, first, in his spring/summer 2023 show; but it has been now during the last edition of Paris Fashion Week when he has decided to go one step further presenting in his autumn/winter 23-24 collection a proposal that has obsessed everyone present with an intrinsic question: where do pants end and boots begin? The answer that each one judges.
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On the Parisian catwalk we have been able to see how Y/Project once again launched new models of super high, denim and wrinkled boots; but this time everything seems to indicate that he did it by playing riddles and accompanying (or being part of) pants of the same fabric. The objective? That we, the spectators, were in charge of differentiate if it was pants with integrated boots -a trend that we have already seen in proposals from firms such as Balenciaga and that have been worn by celebrities such as Gigi Hadid, Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian or Lady Gaga- or if, on the other hand, they were bold and original footwear designs, capable of being the main focus of any look.
Be that as it may, and with no trace of these designs, for the moment, on her website, everything seems to indicate that although the Catalan artist was in charge of attracting attention with boots of this nature last fall, now many more celebrities will join the trend. A groundbreaking bet that, to see it more frequently on the asphalt, It may allow us to know the answer and know if we are facing the new boots ‘Item’ of the moment Or, if we may be talking about one of the most striking original pants in fashion.