In Jonathan Anderson’s creative directorship roles at his eponymous label and Loewe, the designer has given us stilettos bulging with balloons, sandals with curves like car bumpers, sneakers sprouting cress and boots resembling slouchy shoulder bags. The designer has long flirted with the absurd and the surreal, creating shoes that fall into a category that has captivated this Vogue editor: “ugly”. The ugly shoe upped its ante in 2022, thanks to fashion’s newfound affection for Rihanna-approved Vibram FiveFinger shoes, the Birkenstock Boston mule, the comeback of the hood-toed Nike Air Rift, and an everlasting interest in Crocs. But thanks to Anderson, a new orthopaedic animal is in town. The reptilian “croc” is in for a shock and taking on some tough competition in 2023, thanks to a...