Before culture’s current torrid love affair with the five-finger shoe, we had the cloven-hoofed Nike Rift. Though it’s been around for just over 25 years now, its two toes remain firmly on fashion’s neck. Last night, Kim Kardashian gave a first look at the NikeSkims Rift shoe—an updated take on the split-toe silhouette and the first footwear from Skims and Nike’s partnership.
Kardashian chose to wear hers for two recent pap walks. First, at The Commons in Calabasas, pairing the black shoes with a Balenciaga leather bandeau and bomber jacket, Skims leggings, and nylon bottoms. Later, she styled a satin pair with a sleek Phoebe Philo jacket and Skims leggings. It’s not the first time Kardashian has shown a penchant for the split-toe: when attending the Maison Margiela haute couture spring 2024 show in Paris, she wore a black velvet pair of the brand’s own famed split-toe heels, a collaboration between Margiela and Christian Louboutin.
