00:00Chanel's controversial barefoot sandals recently claimed their first off-runway victim when
00:05Margaret Qualley stepped out at the London premiere of The Dog Stars wearing the baffling
00:09half-shoes with her black embellished gown. The soulless style ignited a social media firestorm
00:21when it debuted as part of creative director Mathieu Blasie's Resort 2027 collection in April,
00:26and it's not hard to see why. Covering only the wearer's heels and leaving the toes and balls
00:32of the feet perilously exposed to the elements, the design was preposterously impractical. And the
00:37jokes flew just as fast and furious when Qualley used them to free her feet on the step and repeat,
00:42with Instagram commenters labeling the scandalous sandals atrocious, unsanitary, and nasty, among
00:48other things. But believe it or not, this is far from the first time a famous person's let their
00:52piggies hang out on the red carpet. Today, I'm taking you on a barefoot walk down fashion memory
00:58lane. Wardrobe malfunctions happen. Moments before the 2003 premiere of Charlie's Angels Full Throttle,
01:04one of Cameron Diaz's stilettos broke. But rather than panic, she shrugged it off and posed for photos
01:10sans shoes. At the London premiere of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 2005,
01:15Zooey Deschanel cast aside her strappy sandals partway through the carpet. Comfort first.
01:20Who says the ladies get to have all the free-footed fun? Thomas Jane famously prefers to be shoeless
01:26whenever possible. Here he is at The Hung premiere in 2009.
01:30I love the sensation of feeling my body connected with my environment, whereas with shoes on,
01:35your feet are just imprisoned all day, Jane once said. Okay. In 2016, Julia Roberts thumped her nose,
01:41or rather toes, at the Cannes Film Festival's polarizing ban on flats for the red carpet by whipping
01:47off her platforms and ascending the fest's steps without footwear. Two years later, Kristen Stewart
01:53followed in Roberts' barefoot steps by defiantly removing her pumps mid-premiere. The film festival
01:58later updated its dress code to permit elegant shoes and sandals with or without heels. Seems those
02:04sartorial protests worked. In 2018, four years after making headlines for presenting at the Golden Globes
02:10with her Louboutins in one hand and a martini in the other, Emma Thompson showed off her pedicure
02:14while accepting a CineMerit award at the Munich Film Festival. We are who we are, and Kesha is someone
02:20who sometimes skips shoes. The pop star for went footwear at the 2026 Grammys, letting her angelic
02:26feathered gown do all the talking. Dochi arrived at the 2026 Met Gala wearing a goddess-worthy Mark
02:32Jacobs look styled without shoes. The better to show off her jeweled anklets and intricate henna artwork.
02:37It's very comfortable, but also very vulnerable, she told press at the event. I feel like bare feet,
02:42it signifies a groundedness. I'm not scared of the floor. For more celebrity fashion, head to Page Six Style.
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