Fashion’s beloved hoof-toed Margiela Tabi boots intimidated me for years. Then I wore them for a week straight.

The designers played with toe cleavage—not in the conventional Louboutin sense of revealing the hollows between toes via a low cut vamp—but instead by tweaking the shape of the Tabi’s split ...

Why: Perhaps two of the most recognizable features in designer shoes, the Louboutin red bottom and the Margiela Tabi toe, are joined together in an iconic collaboration between the two brands.

To say the name Martin Margiela is to conjure images of stacked-heel tabi-toe boots and blank labels held in place with four visible stitches. The name also evokes an aura of beguiling mystery ...