Repetto’s Zizi is made using the same 1960s cousu-retourné stitch-and-return technique; demand for the style has grown by 10 per cent over the past three years, buoyed by the collective shift towards softer, lower-profile footwear. (According to Edited’s Katharine Carter, shoes on the market described as “chunky” and “platform” are down 33 per cent year-on-year.)