Kim Kardashian made a case for understated footwear with her latest all-black ensemble, arriving for a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Los Angeles on Thursday in a pair of black open-toe heels.
While her sculptural dress commanded attention with its plunging neckline and exaggerated peplum waist, her shoes provided a sleek, minimalist finish that tied the entire look together. The heels featured an open-toe design and delicate straps, offering a lighter contrast to the dramatic, ankle-length black dress.
Their pared-back shoe silhouette complemented the architectural shape of the skirt, while the slim stiletto heels, measuring around four inches, gave the petite reality star a major height boost, allowing her to maneuver around in the lengthy maxiskirt.
The open-toe finish also added a subtle touch of flirtiness to the look, while the black color maintained the seamless, monochromatic effect. The shoes featured a wider toe strap over the vamp with slimmer straps that crisscrossed over the top of the foot and connected at the center.
The shoes appeared similar to the popular DSquared 2 Riri heeled sandals, which are also a sleek, seductive and rebellious style with towering heels and straps that wrap around the foot and ankle with super-thin leather ties.
Kardashian has been a longtime fan of statement-making shoes, often balancing her figure-hugging clothing choices with bold platform heels. Keeping the shoes simple with a more eye-grabbing dress has been her outfit formula as of late. She recently attended the F1 Grand Prix in Singapore, wearing a vintage spring 2003 Roberto Cavalli pheasant-print, floral corset maxidress. She paired the colorful dress with minimalist strappy beige Manolo Blahnik sandals that let the dress be the star of the show.
Both dresses already delivered plenty of drama, so the understated strappy heels were a natural finishing touch, adding more cohesion and polish to the looks without making them the main focus of the ensemble. Take a look at how much her shoe style has changed over the years.