Cynthia Erivo debuted the much-awaited Loubiella at Essence's Black Women in Hollywood ... featuring the Tabi split-toe design favored by individuals such as Pauletta Washington, and a beloved ...

A still from Martin Margiela: In his own Words, a film by Reiner Holzemer, that shows Martin Margiela’s sketch of the tabi boot. Aristocratic women parading past a shop, Tokyo, 18th century.