When it comes to predicting the return of a “forgotten” trend, I’ve learnt to trust one person’s wardrobe implicitly: Kate Moss. So when she stepped out at an event in London this week wearing a shoe style I hadn’t thought about in years, you know I took note.

Dressed in a slim-fitting, calf-grazing slip dress cut from glossy satin, Moss could easily have defaulted to the usual suspects—knee-high boots or minimalist ballet flats would have both made perfect sense. Instead, she swerved expectation entirely, finishing her look with a pair of lace-up heeled ankle boots.

Transporting me back to the early 2010s, these moody, slightly gothic styles were once a fixture on the fashion circuit. But as tastes shifted towards cleaner lines and quieter luxury, the style fell from favour, eclipsed by sleeker, more refined footwear choices.