The Party Shoe Style A-Listers Are Wearing 24/7

Saint Laurent's Candy shoes—a stacked, retro platform sandal first introduced when the former creative director, Hedi Slimane, was still heading up the Parisian fashion house—has been a consistently popular piece for fashion buyers over the past year. They defied all of the shoe ideals at the time of their inception: Heels were lowering dramatically, and sneakers had been established as a frontrunner in the wardrobes for the style-aware. Then along came these stompy disco numbers to buck the trend.

Since first hitting shop-floors, they've become a constant presence within the brand's seasonal line-ups, arriving in yet more colourways and now even heights. Yes, they are now stacked more vertiginously than the original five-inch version.

Alexa Chung wore a pair just the other night for her Archive by Alexa launch, and with a sassy tiger-print dress from the M&S collection in question, she looked quite the Studio 54 throwback. She's not the only A-lister taking a pair of platform sandal to parties, red carpets and street style moments alike: From Kendall Jenner to Rosamund Pike, Jenna Coleman to Laura Bailey, stacked heels are set to be this party season's biggest trend—in every way.

Shop our fabulous favourites below…

Giuseppe Zanotti

Knot Platform Sandals

D.I.S.C.O.

Attribute

Cherry Sandals

This new London shoe label is well worth checking out.

Saint Laurent

Betty Leather Sandals

Meet Betty, Candy's grown-up sister.

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Night Fever Velvet Platforms

These will look so good with tights too.

River Island

Rose Gold Platform Heel Sandals

Do your best Bianca Jagger and pair these with a long, slinky silk-jersey dress.

Miu Miu

Velvet Platform Sandals

This aristocratic shade of green is divine.

Topshop

Leona Floral Sandals

Who says your platforms have to be plain?Shop more of this week's incredible new-in pieces here.Opening Image: Getty Images

Hannah Almassi is the MD for Women’s UK at Future PLC. Following a decade-long tenure as Who What Wear UK’s first Editor-in-Chief, she now oversees Who What Wear and Marie Claire in the UK. Hannah has been part of the the Who What Wear brand since 2015, when she was headhunted to launch the UK sister site and social channels, implement a localised content strategy and build out the editorial team. As an expert at the intersection of content, commerce, building brands and monetising digital platforms, she now combines her editorial experience alongside business acumen to help guide digital titles into the future.