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Dua Lipa is starting a caller trend: cozy punk.
In her latest Instagram benignant serve, the "Cold Heart" vocalist unexpectedly revived the Ugg boot, though hardly the mall-aesthetics styles erstwhile paired with Juicy Couture velour sweatsuit and denim mini-skirts 2 decades ago.
Posing successful a long greenish floral formal and cropped cardigan, Dua, 27, slipped connected a punky brace that featured edgy silver grommets piercing done the chestnut suede, shearling-lined boots.
The elevated Uggs really hail from a collaboration with London-based manner marque KNWLS, which debuted past period astatine the label's spring/summer 2023 runway show.
"Dangerous and comfortable" is however Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault—the plan duo down KNWLS—describe their reworked Ugg boot, telling British Vogue, "We emotion shoes that consciousness hostile, nostalgic and futuristic."
Originally worn by Aussie surfers successful the '60's, Uggs recovered a full caller fanbase successful the aboriginal '00 and made celebrated by Hollywood "It" girls similar Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Mischa Barton. The boots soon became 1 of the astir hotly debated, love-it-or-hate-it shoes in fashion history.
After fading distant for years, the iconic fuzzy footwear is making a beardown comeback, acknowledgment to the Y2K inclination takeover.
While Dua's pierced pair whitethorn beryllium the coolest, she's hardly the lone personage to springiness them a go. Earlier this year, Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber and Irina Shayk person each been seen incorporating assorted Uggs into their slayer street-style. Cher adjacent starred arsenic the look of UGG's new spring/summer 2022 campaign.
And conscionable past month, successful a viral manner moment, Bella Hadid famously stepped retired successful what looked similar tightey-whitey-esque underwear teamed an Opening Ceremony two-toned leather motorcycle jacket, futuristic shades and brownish level Uggs.
Let the love-it-or-hate-it statement statesman again.
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