How Exposing Your Feet Became the Hottest Trend in Menswear

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After the menswear shows in Paris kicked off with a parade of flip-flops courtesy of Auralee and Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton, designer after designer has shown strikingly minimal foot thongs on the runway.

I’ll admit that when I first noted the emerging trend earlier in the week, I wasn’t convinced. It looked more like a styling trick borrowed…