Lila Moss arrived at Paris Fashion Week in skyscraper black platforms on Monday afternoon, a silhouette straight out of the indie sleaze playbook
Her shoes featured a towering block heel balanced by a thick front platform, cut in glossy black with a rounded toe. The exaggerated shape, paired with a slim ankle strap, recalled the “going-out” heels that stomped through after-hours clubs in the late 2000s and early 2010s — the era of American Apparel body-con minis, Jeffrey Campbell Litas and Cobrasnake flash photography.
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Moss carried the mood through her outfit, opting for an all-black look that sharpened the shoes’ impact. A strapless top with a sculpted neckline and sheer tights framed the platforms, while a small clutch kept the attention low to the ground.
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The moment also draws a generational throughline. Her mother, Kate Moss, was synonymous with ’90s nightlife style — from slipdresses in Soho clubs to spindly stilettos on the runway. Lila’s Paris outing channels a later iteration of that party culture: the indie sleaze platforms that defined downtown excess in the 2000s.
Her choice adds another chapter to this season’s wave of platform revivals. Taylor Swift leaned disco-tinged Y2K with silver Gucci heels in New York over the summer, while Keke Palmer opted for patchwork denim block sandals from Dolce & Gabbana alongside archival Cavalli. Moss’ Paris look pushed the silhouette closer to its indie sleaze lineage — a “going-out” shoe that bridged MySpace-era street style and the dawn of Instagram.
The daughter of Kate Moss has made footwear a throughline of her fashion week circuit. Just last week in Milan, she debuted one of Demna’s first Gucci designs — croc-embossed boots with a metal heel — reinforcing her status as a first adopter of directional shoe trends.
The indie sleaze heel is resurfacing alongside a broader appetite for maximalist proportions. Julia Fox has paraded exaggerated white pumps all summer, while Versace and Saint Laurent continue to resurrect archival platforms. Once tied to sticky floors and early indie fashion magazine spreads, the thick-soled silhouette is now staking out red carpets and front rows.