Final yr was a banner yr for the Margiela Tabi. After a TikTok person was swindled out of her pair by a thieving date, the split-toe shoe catapulted into the general public consciousness, and have become the most popular shoe on the earth, per the Lyst Q3 Index. A once-underground footwear selection, these footwear have stored their controversial label whilst A-listers like Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo give them the inexperienced mild. 

However as of right now, the Tabis are formally Kardashian-approved. Kim Kardashian attended the Maison Margiela spring 2024 couture present in Paris carrying a black velvet pair of the model’s split-toe heels—a collaboration between Margiela and Christian Louboutin. 

Kardashian paired the footwear with a black cutout-riddled maxi costume affixed with pompoms, and accessorized with an enormous choker that ensconced her complete neck in a metallic, bejeweled forged. She attended the present alongside her mom Kris Jenner, who wore a riff on her go-to suiting: a white button-down over a black overcoat with a white ruffled sleeve, and black leather-based gloves. Jenner additionally took a pair of Tabis for a spin, selecting a pair of patent leather-based idler with the signature hoof-like toes. 

Kim isn’t the primary member of the Kar-Jenner clan to rock the hotly contested footwear. On the model’s couture present in January 2023, Kylie Jenner wore a pair of rhinestone-encrusted Tabis, which she paired with a blue ruffly tulle coat and a seafoam mini slip costume. The youngest Jenner, additionally in attendance at this yr’s present, wore a skintight short-sleeve midi costume lined in grey paillettes, which she matched to her sheer tulle gloves. This time, although, she left the Tabis to her sister, opting as an alternative for a pair of white heels, presumably additionally a part of Margiela’s collaboration with Louboutin. 

Whereas the footwear should have their share of haters, Kim Kardashian has taken a agency pro-Tabis stance.