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Finally, there’s a shoe that fits anyone — but only because they’re not actually worn on the feet. Syro, the Brooklyn-based footwear brand that offers heels in large sizes (from men’s size 8 to 14), released a shoulder bag that looks like a stiletto ankle boot. Syro’s modus operandi has been to inspire queer people to celebrate their femininity one heel at a time, or as cofounders Henry Bae and Shaobo Han cheekily put it, “deploying weapons of mass feminization.” Since its inception in 2016, celebrities like Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, RuPaul, and Bowen Yang have joined the brand’s cult following. Until now, Syro has been committed to making shoes, but the idea to expand into accessories struck Bae in 2017 when he was walking along 23rd Street. “This lady waiting to cross the street in front of me had a knee-high stiletto boot that she had fastened into a backpack,” he recalls to me on the phone. “It was completely DIY, and that’s when I knew that when we were finally ready to make a bag one day, it would certainly be a dramatic stiletto.” Their designs are often inspired by the real experiences of queer people, and the Stiletto bag is no different. The cofounders wanted to make the accessory a statement about resistance and empowerment. Bae decided to make the bag a love letter to the trans community after learning about a Colorado performer who used her stiletto to stop the attacker in the 2022 Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs. “That’s when I was reenergized to express the unapologetic femininity and queerness that Syro has stood for since the beginning,” he says.
Along with conveying a powerful message, Bae wanted to make a well-constructed bag, which took some trial and error. What he didn’t want was just to put handles on a shoe and call it a day. The first prototype replicated the shape of a shoe with the machinery that traditionally makes bags. The result was bulbous, soft, and lacked the sharp silhouette. When it clicked in Bae’s brain to create a strap that goes across the opening of the bootie and meets at the toe, with a parallel zipper on the shoe itself, he decided to collaborate with the brand’s existing technicians to utilize footwear technology.Oscar Ouk What manifested is the combination of a shoulder bag and stiletto bootie constructed using calf leather with a 115-mm heel cast in silver. It’s a size 43, which is a nod to Syro’s big-footed DNA and ensures that it’s actually roomy enough to be functional. “It fits anyone and their needs,” Han says. The bag, priced at $375, comes in three styles: a bold black croc-embossed patent leather, an avant-garde silver croc-embossed patent leather, and a chic brown vegetable-tanned leather.
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