Ciara's shoe at the Vogue World event opening Milan Fashion Week was the Saint Laurent Kika platform sandal: liquid-shine black patent, a wide strap across the toes over an open peep toe, a substantial platform under the ball of the foot, a thin delicate ankle strap and a 7-inch stiletto heel. It is the same Kika style Doja Cat and Hailey Bieber wore to the Met Gala, in the mule version. Footwear News identified the pair but did not state a retail price, so we do not quote one. Ruby's twin is the UBWDU black patent platform sandal at $42.99: the same glossy patent, the same chunky platform, the same wide toe strap and - the detail that matters - the same thin ankle strap with a small buckle. 4.3 stars from 116 reviews, in stock.
The shoe in Milan
The look was all black and all evening: a Norma Kamali stretch-jersey minidress, gold Pandora x Pat McGrath charms stacked at the neck, and the shoe carrying the whole thing from underneath. Vogue World opened Milan Fashion Week, and Ciara arrived in the tallest platform Saint Laurent makes.
That shoe is the Kika. Liquid-shine black patent, a wide strap laid across the toes so the front reads as an open peep toe, a substantial platform under the ball of the foot, a thin delicate ankle strap with a small buckle, and a 7-inch stiletto. It is the same style Doja Cat and Hailey Bieber wore to the Met Gala, though theirs was the backless mule. The reel above recreates the walk with AI from an event photograph - the hem, the step, the platform in profile. No face, no press photo.
The twin, and the strap that decides it
The first candidate we found had the platform and the patent right and the ankle strap wrong - thick where hers is thin, which changes the whole line of the shoe. It was rejected for that one reason. The UBWDU black patent platform sandal is the replacement, and it gets the strap right: thin, delicate, a small buckle at the side, exactly the proportion hers has.
Everything else follows. The same glossy patent that catches light the same way, the same wide strap across the toes, the same chunky platform under a needle heel. It is synthetic patent rather than leather, and the platform edge sits a fraction thicker than hers. That is the honest difference. 4.3 stars from 116 reviews, in stock at $42.99.
