Meet the Saint Laurent roller skate stilettos you didn’t know you needed
Of course you want them
Of course you want them
There are some things in life, like the Saint Laurent disco boots and the Louboutin unicorn shoes, that we didn’t know we needed until we clapped eyes on them.
One such thing is the Saint Laurent roller skate stiletto which is just so decadent that we absolutely need them.
The concept? Literally a stiletto attached to rollers. It comes in two retro designs, one embellished with a Roy Lichtenstein-esque pin-up smoking a cigarette on a background of metallic lightening bolts, the other a snake print and feather design.
The Anja 100 Patch Pop Pump Roller stilettos are part of Saint Laurent’s autumn/winter collection and will set you back a cool £1,995, and you can only buy them in store.
They remind us of those retro American diners where waitresses would take orders in roller skates, and we’re tempted to channel Frenchie from Grease, though we imagine we'd look more like Monica when she briefly works at that diner in Friends.
Of course, some might say they’re as tad impractical, and could potentially lead to a visit to A&E, but on the flip side, once you get the hang of them, surely they’re an effective way to zip round the office in-between meetings, non?
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Certainly more glam than a scooter in any case.
Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.
Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).
Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.
However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.
Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.
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