Venus Williams took the crisp white shoe trend into Met Gala weekend on Friday night, arriving with her husband Andrea Preti at Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos\u2019 pre-Gala party in New York City in a pair of bright white mules. Venus Williams, who wears a pair of white mules, and her husband Andrea Preti seen at Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos Met Gala pre-party at their NoMad apartment on Saturday night. GC Images Williams\u2019 shoes appeared to be Givenchy\u2019s white leather Lookbook slide heels, though the pair she wore had an all-black insole rather than the more typical Givenchy finish, which often includes a visible Givenchy label or signature on the leather insole. The difference could point to a custom pair or an earlier production run. Williams\u2019 pair still put the emphasis on a very particular kind of white shoe: closed at the front, squared off at the toe and cut with a smooth vamp that covered the top of the foot. The heel was the detail that kept it from reading like a plain mule. Rather than a straight block or thin stiletto, it was built like a short, tapered column, fuller under the sole, narrowed through the middle and opened<\/p>\n
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