Okay, so most people know the famous slippers of the Wizard of Oz as Technicolor ruby, but in actual fact – as in, in the actual L Frank Baum book, published in 1900 – Dorothy Gale’s transportive, much-tussled over magical footwear was silver, before MGM got its hands on it. “There is some charm connected with them,” said the Good Witch of the North when giving the shoes to Dorothy (seeing as their true owner had just been crushed by a house, they weren’t technically hers to give, but that’s an entirely different discourse). There is also charm to be found in these not entirely dissimilar clogs, introduced by Louise Trotter in her first collection for Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta. The Wizard of Oz is a total divergence, as it has nothing directly to do with this style, which is named Gondola after the Venetian boats, whose curved prows find echo in the shoe’s upturned toes. Fun fact – the S-bend curve of that is actually intended to mirror the curves of the Grand Canal. And Bottega Veneta is, after all, a brand born in Venice, so that tracks. There is, indeed, no place like home.
The Bottega Veneta Gondola clogs are available to buy in three colours now.
