Marni slippers are sabots, meaning a closed toe, an open back and usually a visible footbed, somewhere between a clog and a slipper. The Fussbett Sabot Slip-on Loafers make that footbed the feature, with a contoured bed and a buckled strap across it. They come in Pink, Purple, Green and a White and Brown combination, which is a colour range almost nobody else in luxury footwear would commit to. The Black Long Hair Calfskin Fussbett Sabot uses hair-on leather for texture instead of colour. That footbed detail is the thing to look for, because it is what separates these from a plain backless loafer.

The White & Brown Fussbett Sabot Slip-on Loafers put the footbed on display in one of the boldest colourways in the range, pairing a contoured bed with a buckled strap across it. Purple and green versions do the same thing in louder or quieter registers, depending on how much colour you actually want on your foot. The Black Long Hair Calfskin Fussbett swaps colour for texture instead, using hair-on leather rather than a bright dye job to make its statement. That footbed detail is what separates all of these from a plain backless loafer, no matter which one you pick. Buckle straps are the only hardware anywhere in this group, which keeps even the loudest pair looking considered rather than decorated.

Marni is one of the few houses where an unusual colour is a design position rather than a seasonal gamble, and the sabot range is the clearest expression of that. The brown leather buckle version is the pair to buy first because it makes the shape legible without asking anything of your wardrobe. The coloured Fussbetts are more fun and much more specific. The long hair calfskin is the most textural and the least practical in wet weather. If you take one thing away, it is that a backless shoe needs the footbed to fit properly or you will walk out of it, so this is a shape worth trying on rather than guessing at.