Favorite Women's Fendi Sandals of 2017

When thinking about the best shoes of 2017 for women, it is important to keep in mind the various seasons as well as silhouettes. Sandals are an important style of footwear to keep in mind. Here are a few Fendi sandals to keep in mind as possible favorites for 2017.

Are they sandals or are they boots? This luxurious footwear from Fendi is both. The Rockoko Runway sandals knit a boot's leg and a sneaker's lacing onto a sandal's open toe and high heel — the most hybrid shoe in the entire 2017 section, and the centerpiece of the Fendi study.

The Red Rockoko, Described

Red knitted open-toe sandals, code: 8X6513OD9F09G9. Rockoko Runway sandals in slightly elasticated lava-red and black yarn — a mix-and-match look that combines the sporty details of lace-up sneakers with cut-out inserts on the heels and instep, with open toes. Finished with openwork all over the shoe and ribbed edging on the leg. The high heel carries a two-tone striped lining. Made in Italy.

Every phrase in that description is a different shoe category volunteering a part: the yarn and openwork are knitwear, the laces are sneakers, the cut-outs are sandals, the leg and ribbed edging are boots, and the heel is evening footwear. Learn more about stylish sandals at https://www.fendi.com/.

Sandals, Defined — and Defied

A sandal is a light shoe with either an openwork upper or straps attaching the sole to the foot. By that definition the Rockoko qualifies twice over — openwork everywhere, and a knit upper that attaches sole to foot and then keeps climbing the leg. Fendi is an Italian luxury fashion house working across fur, ready-to-wear, leather goods, footwear, fragrance, eyewear, watches and accessories of every kind — and category-blurring is the house specialty this design expresses in footwear.

The practical consequence of the hybrid is seasonal range. An open toe says summer; a knitted leg says the cooler edges of the year; a high heel says evening. Few sandals can be argued into three seasons, which is exactly the argument this page makes for the Rockoko as a 2017 favorite.

The Black Colorway, and the Mule

See these trendy Fendi knit sandal boots in black on their own page: the same Rockoko design in black and fluorescent-pink yarn, code 8X6513OD9F09G4, where the mood turns nocturnal and the pink accents do the work the lava red does here. Colorway pages may look like duplicates; worn, they are different shoes in a wardrobe — one warms an outfit, the other sharpens it.

Below are a few more women's sandals from the Fendi collection, in the gallery's wide photograph. And for the study's foundation, return to the favorite women's Fendi shoe — the Waves mule whose nappa heel folds it into a pump. Knit hybrid here, convertible classic there: Fendi explored both directions in one year.

What Is the Best Shoe Height?

The Rockoko's high heel raises the standing question — what is the best shoe height? Read the discussion of the best shoe height for the full argument. The short version as it applies here: a sandal boot's knitted leg and laced fit stabilize a tall heel better than a strappy sandal does, because the upper holds the foot and ankle in a sleeve rather than a few straps.

That is the Rockoko's quiet engineering lesson. The design reads as pure fashion — red yarn, openwork, cut-outs — but its height is wearable precisely because it borrows a boot's structure. Fashion first, physics respected: a fair summary of why these sandals lead the Fendi favorites.

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