The Edit
Original writing on personal style, art and collecting, and the creative moods of the four cities we gather in. Inspired by what stylish, ambitious women are actually thinking about, never by anything said inside the club.
Paris Fashion Week Spring 2027 closed with Louis Vuitton’s grand finale at the Louvre. Explore our edit of the season’s most memorable runway shows, standout shoes, craftsmanship and fashion as art.
Seasonal guideMiami Art Week 2026: what's genuinely worth attendingRead the guide
Featured · Runway / Fashion as Art
Nicolas Ghesquière closed Paris Fashion Week beneath hovering Damier cars at the Louvre, then brought the spectacle back to the body with weightless tailoring, fluid layers and a new simplicity engineered to move.
Vogue · Nicole Phelps · October 6, 2026
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Runway / Fashion as Art
One year into Matthieu Blazy's Chanel, mannish tailoring, translucent tweed and deep-red sequins took wing beneath a monumental canopy of golden birds at the Grand Palais.
Vogue · October 5, 2026
Photo by Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Runway / Personal Style
Julian Klausner turned vintage movie-poster fantasy into clothes for real life: cocktail dresses over rugby shirts, clashing prints, mismatched jewelry and the pure pleasure of dressing up.
Vogue · Nicole Phelps · September 30, 2026
Photo by Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com
Craftsmanship / Fashion as Culture
Gabriela Hearst placed Afghan women's artistry and heritage at the center of her Paris collection, turning traditional pattern and handwork into a statement about culture, dignity and connection.
Vogue · October 5, 2026
Photo by Filippo Fior / Gorunway.com
Design / Craftsmanship
Chitose Abe exposed and reassembled the logic of clothing, letting utility, vulnerability and femininity move through the same hybrid silhouette.
Vogue · October 5, 2026
Photo by Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
Runway / Fashion as Art
A “villain teen” attitude meets hobble skirts and old-school glamour in Valentino’s Paris show for spring.
Vogue France · Alexandre Marain · October 5, 2026
Runway / Fashion as Art
Miguel Castro Freitas sharpens Mugler’s command of the silhouette into sculpted lines, controlled drama, and unmistakable physical presence.
Vogue · Miguel Castro Freitas · October 4, 2026
Photo credit GoRunway, via Vogue
Runway / Fashion as Art
The designer talks about carrying Westwood’s activist spirit into a new season, in his own words.
ELLE · Kristen Bateman · October 4, 2026
Photo by Victor Virgile/Getty Images
Runway / Craftsmanship
Nadège Vanhée made air feel tangible through paper-thin calfskin, silk pongee, openwork knits and fluid scarves, proving that Hermès craftsmanship can whisper and still command the room.
ELLE · Kristen Bateman · October 3, 2026
Photo by Lou Benoist/Getty Images
Runway / Personal Style
Michael Rider’s “emotional dressing” moved from sharp leather and little black dresses to playful proportion, patchwork bags and jazz shoes: real clothes with enough personality to change a mood.
ELLE · Matthew Velasco · October 3, 2026
Photo by Alessandro Lucioni
Shoes & Culture / Performance
Christian Louboutin turned La Pigalle into the star of “Eternal Youth,” a surreal Paris performance where Dita Von Teese rose from a monumental stiletto and painted Snow White’s fairy tale in signature red.
Cultured · Sam Falb · October 3, 2026
Photo by Benjamin Malapri
Runway / Fashion as Culture
Sarah Burton’s precision gave way to sculptural peplums, surreal sleeves, monumental jewelry and flashes of red footwear: a wardrobe designed by a woman that refuses to take up less space.
ELLE · Kristen Bateman · October 2, 2026
Photo by Indigital.tv
Runway
A first look at the Loewe Spring 2027 runway, now live on Vogue. Browse the full collection gallery while the written review is on its way.
Vogue · October 2, 2026
Runway photo: GoRunway
Runway
Daniel Roseberry brings the Schiap jacket into a sharper, more wearable register: dinner-ready surrealism, plus new low shoes we can actually picture on an ordinary Tuesday.
Vogue · Nicole Phelps · October 2, 2026
Runway photo courtesy of Schiaparelli
Runway
Chemena Kamali layers broderie anglaise, precise tailoring and dramatic rainwear, a confident next chapter in the Chloé language we already love.
Vogue · Sarah Mower · October 1, 2026
Runway photo courtesy of Chloé
Runway
Pierpaolo Piccioli takes couture construction into real life: denim, white tees, sharp tailoring and deconstructed footwear made for the everyday.
Vogue · Sarah Mower · October 1, 2026
Runway photo: GoRunway
Runway / Paris Fashion Week
Saint Laurent’s Spring 2027 show celebrated Anthony Vaccarello’s tenth anniversary with a gilded collection of towering stilettos, including sculptural heels shaped like sinuous snakes. Against the Eiffel Tower, the house turned gold, glamour and footwear into pure spectacle.
Vogue Arabia · September 30, 2026
Runway / Milan Fashion Week
Milan’s Spring 2027 runways delivered joyful footwear provocation: Marni’s open-back Mary Janes with attached knee-high socks, MM6’s six-layer rainbow flip-flops and Bottega Veneta’s fishnet-covered feet.
W Magazine · September 30, 2026
Style
With Dior, Chanel, and Schiaparelli sending terrifically kooky clompers down the runway, this fall is all about fancy footwork.
The Cut · Hanna Flanagan · September 25, 2026
Shoes & Culture / Gatherings
A New York shoe collaboration comes to life over steak, martinis, and a room full of women whose personal histories are inseparable from what they wear.
Vogue · Anna Grace Lee · September 25, 2026
Personal Style / Styling Intelligence
A practical but thoughtful examination of how proportion, texture, color, and one decisive shoe turn clothing into personal expression.
Vogue · Minty Mellon · September 22, 2026
City Notes
What each of our cities is good at, and how to spend a day there with your eyes open.
September 19, 2026 · 5 min read
Art & Collecting
You need less money and more patience than you think. Here is the honest beginning.
September 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Design / New Talent
A young designer turns cinematic tension, self-portraiture, and conservative ambiguity into the barely-there shoes that quietly stole Area’s NYFW show.
Vogue · Alexandra Hildreth · September 14, 2026
Style
Trend cycles are faster than ever. Your own point of view is the only thing that keeps up.
September 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Art & Collecting
Both are ways of deciding what you want to look at every day, and what you want to be seen with.
September 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Community
Anna and Chef Nicole Votano on moving through change, self-connection, steadying routines, smaller trusted circles and why friendships work like medicine.
March 5, 2026 · 4 min read
Wellness
Plastic surgeon Dr. Silvia Rotemberg on changing aesthetic goals, explant and lift, implant lifespan, recovery, choosing a surgeon safely and the limits of what surgery can change.
February 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Personal Style
Serious Style founder Paola Arencibia on reading your closet as evidence, her closet detox, wearing what you love daily and shopping only for what you truly need.
February 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Reinvention
Family law attorney Denise Rappaport Isaacs on preparing for divorce with a financial safety net, organized records, early legal advice and focus, plus the personal side of rebuilding after a marriage ends.
February 12, 2026 · 12 min read
Reinvention
Ida Spritzer on a life that moved from fashion buying through caregiving and widowhood into art, meditation and energy work, and why reinvention unfolds slowly, often before anyone else can see it.
February 5, 2026 · 8 min read
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The Shoe Edit
Our running library of remarkable women's shoes, the designers, the ideas and the pairs shaping how we dress now. Chosen by I Want Her Shoes; every link goes to the original publisher.
Found a remarkable shoe? Send it to usHarper's Bazaar · September 22, 2026
Two-tone pumps, satin heels, slipper mules and reptilian finishes set the tone for a season of updated classics and polished edge.
WWD · September 15, 2026
Editor-tested flats for the season between sandals and boots, with Mary Janes, pointed toes and richer textures in the mix.
WWD · September 5, 2026
Performance footwear meets a more expressive, women-first point of view in On and FP Movement’s latest collaboration.
WWD · September 4, 2026
A practical edit of polished shoes built with width and wearability in mind, proof that comfort need not flatten personal style.
Vogue · September 2026
A sharp runway-to-real-life read on the silhouettes defining fall, from petite heels to house-shoe ease.
designboom · August 4, 2026
An experimental shoe turns discarded tennis balls into visible building blocks, making circular design impossible to overlook.
Marie Claire · August 2026
The season’s key runway directions, distilled into the shapes and details most likely to influence what women actually wear.
Vogue · July 27, 2026
A useful styling guide for the season’s less-obvious pairs, with outfit ideas that make each trend feel wearable.
designboom · July 13, 2026
Recycled Ethernet cables become texture, structure and cultural commentary in a one-of-one wearable sculpture.
Footwear News / WWD · June 30, 2026
A founder story about treating support and elegance as one design brief, not an either-or compromise.
Vogue · April 8, 2026
Fresh proof that the pump is less a dress-code relic than a versatile anchor for modern, everyday styling.
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From the IWHS Archive
Favorite conversations from the I Want Her Shoes archive, now part of The Edit.
Style · IWHS Archive
Celebrity stylist Samantha Brown on why getting dressed is a strategy, not a chore, and how closet clarity changes the way you walk into a room.
Reinvention · IWHS Archive
Emily Dempsey traded the buying office for community building and Bitcoin education, a conversation about trusting the pivot before it makes sense.
Career · IWHS Archive
Katie Love left the newsroom to build her own agency, on storytelling, being visible on purpose, and what it takes to lead a women-led team.
Wellness · IWHS Archive
No crash plans, no January guilt, a kinder take on fitness that builds habits you'll still love in June.
Career · IWHS Archive
Sandra Abi Rashed on leading when there's no playbook, trusting the data, finding mentors, and making room for other women at the table.
Style · IWHS Archive
Ella Muradyan's calm guide to holiday dressing, outfits that feel like you, without the last-minute panic.
The Newsletter
Every other week, a short letter on style, work and the women we're listening to. Each edition lives in full on iwanthershoes.com.
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Late-summer reading for women who never quite switch off, the conversations, style notes and names worth knowing before September.
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Style as strategy, in practice, plus the guests, gatherings and good reads we were passing around that week.
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