15 Glamorous Pointed-Toe Ghillies That Will Make You Rethink Ballet Flats
Most women turn to ballet flats, loafers, or smoking slippers whenever heels aren’t a practical footwear choice or when comfort is the foremost priority but a degree of polish and elegance is necessary, thereby eliminating such options as sneakers and open-toe sandals. Now, women can rely on a new flat shoe silhouette that’s edgier than a ballet flat but which can also transition from the office to after-hours. The new must-have flat is the ghillie: a streamlined, lace-up flat with an open vamp, a pointed toe, and a minimalist sole. Historically, ghillies were worn by both Irish dancers and were fashioned out of soft black leather that conformed to the shape of the foot and featured laces that crisscrossed over the top of the foot. Modern iterations of the footwear style, meanwhile, feature sleeker and more narrow silhouettes, tapered and pointed toes, and laces that traverse the open vamp as few as two times for a less caged-in look. And, of course, they come in a wealth of materials (suede, leather, canvas, hair calf, cork, and more) as wealth as colors and prints.
Check out 15 ghillies that are totally on point:
Aquazzura Christy Lace-Up Pointed-Toe Flat in Mondrian Blue, $675. Available at NeimanMarcus.com
Loeffler Randall Ambra Lace-Up Flat in Cheetah Haircalf, $350. Available at LoefflerRandall.com
Nine West SignMeUp Gladiator Flats, $59.99. Available at NineWest.com
Summit Karena Flat in Light Blue Leather, $128.95. Available at Nordstrom.com
Stuart Weitzman Gilligan Lace-Up Flat in Pastel Silk, $199. Available at StuartWeitzman.com
Jeffrey Campbell Ariane Flats in Mauve Suede, $160. Available at JeffreyCampbellShoes.com
Kate Spade Genie Flats in Leopard Print, $250. Available at KateSpade.com
Aldo ALIZE-X Lace-Up Flats, $70. Available at AldoShoes.com
Louise et Cie Abbatha Lace-Up d’Orsay Flats, $79.99. Available at VinceCamuto.com
Isabel Marant Leo Lace-Up Flats, $510. Available at Barneys.com
Steve Madden Eleanr-C Flats, $79.95. Available at SteveMadden.com
Mercanti Fiorentini Red Suede Flats, $129.95. Available at DSW.com
3.1 Phillip Lim Martini Lace-Up Flat, $395. Available at Nordstrom.com
Michael Kors Collection Kallie Woven Leather Point-Toe Flats, $550. Available at Net-a-Porter.com
Edgardo Osorio for Ferragamo Spotted Cork Lace-Up Flat, $409. Available at BergdorfGoodman.com
