FASHION STYLE

Fashion industry, it’s time. Scrap the platform stilettos. Stop trying to convince us they’re worth a lifetime of back pain, knee osteoarthritis, hammer toes and reduced mobility. Start a new trend: produce more sexy flats, revolutionize the kitten heel or something, just be creative.

On the topic of trend, as with every fashion week comes a new list of must-haves trailing close behind. And apart from that ubiquitous pants-free look that might work on a fraction of a percent of the population in maybe three lifestyle contexts — dearest designers, be strong, resist footnoting Paris Fashion Week absurdities, please, do it for us — what accessible trends did I spot last week? What subjectively selected “must-haves” did I discover on the Montreal catwalk?

Now what stood out, apart from pouting beauty sightings and excellent catwalk scores — song of the week goes to Andy Thê-Anh’s Cat People soundtrack selection, Barilà’s Tiga track comes in a close second — was the shoes. You know, those disabling torture devices responsible for permanent damage to a third of women who wear them?