Kim Kardashian, Heidi Klum, Amal Clooney and other celebrities performed at the Venice at the 2025 Film Festival and showed timeless slingback heels. Although Slingback pumps are a classic shoe, the shoe style has had a moment in recent years.
Now at the 82nd edition of the Italian film festival, which started on Wednesday and takes place until September 6th, the stars went on the red carpet and were discovered in the city with Slingback designs by Saint Laurent, Aquazzura, Betsey Johnson, Prada and more.
A slingback heel is characterized by the open back and a strap that wraps around the heel to secure the shoe in place, which makes it safer than a mule and more cover on the toe box than a sandal. The strap and the open heel create a silhouette coquess as conventional pumps or closed paragraphs.
The Slingback style dates from the 1940s and is said to have been made popular by pin-up girls who wore shoes to show their bare heels. It was only a matter of time before the shoe was embedded in pop culture, and in the 1950s celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Bridget Bardot, Ann-Margret Olsson and Jackie Kennedy were fans of style. Then the shoe turned into a staple of shoes in 1957 when Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel created the now classic two-tone slingback style with a block heel.
The shoes have now been reinvented and increased by a variety of luxury shoe designers, and while sandals and platforms were still the shoes of choice for events on the red carpet like the Venice Film Festival, the Slingback pumps this year were a popular choice. Look at yourself.
Kim Kardashian
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Kardashian arrived at Venice Airport on Thursday with a black dress with hood and Saint Laurents Vendome 110 Patent Leder -Slingback Pumps. The shoes that are sold for $ 1,150 are made of shiny patent leather and have a sharp pointed toe, an elegant, exhibited stiletto heel with 110 mm and an elastic slingback strap.
Heidi Klum
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Klum slipped on the red carpet on Wednesday at the 2025 Film Festival. She chose the Aquazzura, so naked sandals in the shade “Pink”. The simple two-strap style is made of smooth nappa leather in fresh powder pink, has a strap over the toes and a slingback strap around the heel and sits on a leg length-stiletto duck.
Greta Gerwig
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Greta Gerwig decided on Thursday for the brushed leather pumps for Prada for the “Jay Kelly” photo call. These slingbacks with pointed hesitation show the triangle logo, which is reinterpreted as a three-dimensional leather jewelry, and encompasses a painted heel with 100 mm.
Amal Clooney
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Clooney was seen on Tuesday before the 82nd International Film Festival 2025 before the 82nd International Film Festival 2025. The lawyer wore the white version of Gerwig's Prada Slingback shoes that were sold for 1,200 US dollars in retail.
Fernanda Torres
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Fernanda Torres wore a few Giorgio Armani Slingbacks made of smooth leather on Wednesday. The pointed toe style has a slightly asymmetrical top line and a comfortable stiletto deregonse with 2.5 inches. The ankle belt drives up the side of the foot and wraps around the ankle.
Barbara Palvin
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Barbara Palvin wore a few affordably decorated slingback heels by Betsey Johnson. She wore the brand's Nikki, a pointed-toe silhouette with a transparent black mesh that was embroidered with complicated black pearls. The shoes in retail for $ 129 and are measured on a lower-exhibited heel with three inches and have a V-cut vamp.
Take a look at other celebrities who were seen with Slingback Heels.