If there’s any shoe that can singularly define the 50s, it would be the saddle shoe.

Picture of college coeds wearing saddle shoes with ankle socks

Defined by the contrasting colors of the shoe’s saddle (usually black or dark-colored) from its heel and toe (usually white or light-colored), the 50s saddle shoe has since evolved and is now considered an all-american symbol, along with blue jeans, baseball, and apple pie.

Shoemaker G.H. Bass & Co. recognizes the symbolic status of the saddle shoe. The Bass Einfeld saddle shoe stays true to the original 50s design, down to the rounded shape and perforated leather trim along the edges:

Bass Women’s Einfeld saddle shoes in white/black

Bass Women’s Einfeld in hemp/cocoa

A lot of women have adapted the similar oxford shoe trend, but we expect no less than fashion savant Chloe Sevigny to take the trickier-to-pull-off saddle shoe style and wear it so effortlessly:

Chloe Sevigny wearing Bass Einfelds

Miss Sevigny has even gone as far as collaborating with G.H. Bass & Co. and designing a saddle-shoe-inspired footwear collection for Opening Ceremony.

The saddle shoe Chloe Sevigny is wearing is available on Shoes.com. The Bass Einfeld saddle shoes retail for $65.

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