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‘Like a horse hoof’: the most controversial shoe of the 2010s is back


The Lita boot, with its chunky platform and five-inch heel, has its haters. But when Alaina Demopoulos tried a pair out, she got nothing but love

Countless bloggers (we didn’t call them influencers yet) posted street style shots in every variety: chartreuse, amethyst purple, American flag-printed, cat-printed. “Tumblr summer is so back,” reads the caption for a TikTok post by the brand that features a montage of boot styles soundtracked by the millennial party anthem Like a G6. When I told them I was in high school during the Litas heyday, one asked: “What was it like to be alive then?” (I didn’t know how to tell them that what I remember most is thinking something was wrong with me because I did not look good with Zooey Deschanel-style bangs, and men having a tenuous-at-best understanding of consent.)

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