What, you ask, is a d’Orsay shoe?
Excellent question; I know them when I see them, but wasn’t sure what the exact description was, so: google. Apparently they’re a style of shoe in which the part of the shoe that covers the top of your foot is cut very close to the toe box, and in which the sides are cut away, revealing the instep.
In other words: they’re very bare-looking. And even though my feet leave much to be desired, I happen to find the style really pretty. Jenni Kayne’s flats are kind of the gold standard, but they’re so popular at the moment that pretty much everyone makes them, so you can find them in virtually every price range. My own pick: the J.Crew Sloan flats pictured above (which I love, but which also started looking worn – on the tips of the toes – immediately, so if you buy them I’d recommend taking them to a tailor and having the toe reinforced before, say, spending all day wandering around Carmel in them).
Some of my favorite d’Orsay flats below, with a bunch of pumps thrown in at the end because those are pretty, too.
P.S. Speaking of Jenni Kayne, if any of you are an 8 1/2 shoe I found the most AMAZING pair on TheRealReal for only $85. I’m an 8, or I’d buy them myself.
