The Biggest Summer Shoe Trend Is a Mesh Ballet Flat
There was a girl in my high school who came to school—by choice—barefoot every day. And I didn’t go to school in the country. This was in the Bronx, and the closest thing we had to nature was a soccer field of Astroturf. (One day during sophomore year, an abandoned machete was found at the center line with no explanation.)
I can picture this girl vividly, standing in our concrete courtyard in a pair of faded denim shorts that hung low off her hip bones, her feet bare in a way that, while deeply concerning, made her look undeniably cool.
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