"Socks + Sandals", has been gradually becoming a chief role on T-stage. These years, more and more designers like to attempt this in-fashion style, from flatted sandals, to wedged or high-heeled sandals, to even clip-toe shoes or socks like flip-flops or Japanese Tabi. Well, when it comes to Japanese, I should say Japanese designers and models love to be in "Kawai" frilly white ankle socks with sandals more than any other nation, because white ankle socks (Tabi) with wooden flip-flops (Geta) make up their tradition which has been kept till today.
“襪子+涼鞋”，已然成為 T 臺主角。近年來，設計師們越來越鍾愛試水這種前衛大膽的時尚，從平底涼鞋到高跟和坡跟涼鞋，甚至再到夾趾款的鞋襪（像人字拖和日本足袋），無不出現。日本的設計師和模特就是最喜歡“花邊白短襪+涼鞋”這種森林系搭配的，他們對此的偏愛遠超世界上任何一個民族，因為白短襪（足袋）和木底涼拖不就是他們一直從古代保持至今的傳統麼？
Via Tokyo Girls Collection 2011, we can read so much about that. Let's watch two videos about ef-dé and Apuweiser-Riche:
These styles can be often seen in Tokyo's street: http://www.style-arena.jp/en/tokyo-streetstyle/shibuya/2013/4/4/7074
Yoana Baraschi followed these Japanese styles in the same year, 2011. The video and photos below show her work at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2011:
Soon after, in 2012, a more famous brand - Louise Gray successfully continued the fashion of Japanese-style frilly white ankle socks with wedged sandals, at London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2012:
Some new designers came out in the next year, 2013, among which there were Celeste & Pavli Style. They have not been famous till today, but at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Malta, they did impress audience:
The animated photo above looks so amazing! It is the most amazing GIF I have ever seen.
Something interesting happened. Marc by Marc Jacobs showed two models in ankle socks with CLIP-TOE WEDGES like Japanese Geta, at his Spring-Summer 2013:
http://www.marcjacobs.com/lookbooks/marc-by-marc-jacobs/womens-ready-to-wear/spring--summer-2013/934835c5-ed10-4728-a413-f1aea24c5838/12--caroline
http://www.marcjacobs.com/lookbooks/marc-by-marc-jacobs/womens-ready-to-wear/spring--summer-2013/f29b8114-a3fd-4b5c-ae55-f5ea66ccdf9c/23--kasia
However, this is not the most amazing yet. When it came to this year, 2014, Ukrainian designer Tatyana Parfionova did a braver attempt: getting v-toe flip-flop socks and regular high-heeled sandals combined together!
You may have seen the shoes at Prada Spring-Summer 2013 which combine v-toe socks and high-heeled clip-toe sandals together, but these "socks" cannot be called socks because they are a part of the shoes, so they do not look really sexy, though Prada tried to make people think about Japanese culture:
Someone pursued wild art, while someone else pursued elegance, such as Bora Aksu Spring-Summer 2014 at London Fashion Week:
All of these models were in white ankle socks and gray wedged sandals! No exception!
At the same time, Korean designer Eudon Choi tried to compete against others, with shorter white ankle socks, at London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2014. When the article is about to end, do not ignore that Korean also love sock-sandal fashion who are never fell behind Japanese! Did you still remember the previous article talking about Korean female star Kim Hyuna, and the first article of this blog talking about Lee Hyori? Yes, Korean do like it! Actually most of Asian (Japanese, Korean, Northern Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Indian) like it! Although the fashion shows I have posted today basically come from Europe, Asian are the actual driving power of this fashion instead!
當本文行將結束之時，千萬別忘了韓國人對短襪涼鞋時尚的熱愛絲毫不亞於日本人！還記得上一篇文章提到的韓國女星金泫雅嗎？還記得本博客最早一篇文章提到的李孝利嗎？對，韓國人是很喜歡這一裝束的，其實亞洲人（日本人、韓國人、中國北方人、菲律賓人、印尼人、越南人、印度人）都喜歡。雖然本文所述的各類時裝秀基本都來自歐美，但別忘了，亞洲人才是西方 T 臺上這些潮流的真正推動者！
