I mean this title literally: yesterday at the G8 summit, Ms Trierweiler strutted out next the other First Ladies, all in their sensible mid-height heels, in YSL Tribute sandals – the shoe I would characterise as the designer-brand luxury stiletto of the noughties. Do we sense a contradiction here? Read more
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Vanessa has been the FT’s fashion editor since 2003, and is based in New York, though she lived in London for 12 years.