The accessory update: loafers

Don’t you just love it when a classic gets a refresh? This season, it’s the turn of the loafer – the ultimate easy shoe that, thanks to everyone from Gucci to Valentino, has been elevated from reliable fail-safe to statement-making fashion piece. It still has the elements that you know and love – sensible, just-enough-lift block heel; streamlined, timeless shape – but now it comes backless (all the better to slip on and go), tricolored and peppered with hardware or graphic buckles. Buy now and wear with everything. And we mean everything.