--- description: Balenciaga paraded Sanders-inspired shoes down the Paris runway; their shoes normally retail above $600 for a pair. title: These Bernie-Sanders-Inspired High Heels Won't Come Cheap image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5781f76ba474025/6988bd2b196cf462f903f1ff/bernie-sanders-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Bernie Sanders-Inspired High Heels at Paris Fashion Week Won't Come Cheap  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2017 10:32 PM CUT  A model walks the runway during the Balenciaga Ready to Wear fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018 on March 5, 2017. A model walks the runway during the Balenciaga Ready to Wear fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018 on March 5, 2017.Victor Virgile—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2017 10:32 PM CUT Storied French high fashion brand Balenciaga is dipping into the realm of [politically-inspired fashion once more](http://motto.time.com/4661038/bernie-sanders-balenciaga-fashion-collection/ "undefined"), this time showing off high heels wrapped in t-shirt fabric that echoes Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ unsuccessful primary campaign branding. As models paraded down the Parisian runway this weekend for the brand’s ready-to-wear fashion show, they were outfitted in pointy-toed stilettos with knotted fabric covers. Some of them, in a cheeky nod to the politician, were adorned with “Balenciaga”-branded scraps of cloth bearing the same graphics that [Sanders’s campaign used](http://time.com/4571251/bernie-sanders-on-democratic-party-video/ "undefined"). This is not the first time designer Demna Gvasalia has felt the Bern; at his [men’s show in January](http://fashionista.com/2017/01/balenciaga-fall-2017-menswear "undefined") he took even heavier inspiration from the Sanders logo, with shirts and outerwear styled in the red, white, and blue typography that Sanders touted throughout his attempt at the White House. [_Vogue_ says](http://www.vogue.com/article/bernie-sanders-balenciaga-fall-2017-womenswear-shoes "undefined") those leftover t-shirts were used on the heels. The irony, of course, is that while Balenciaga heels like the ones seen on the runway [retail for upwards of $600](https://www.balenciaga.com/us/women/shoes?gclid=CjwKEAiArvTFBRCLq5-7-MSJ0jMSJABHBvp0YgVv8o2AKY1W526sA1GG8t3MlwD-UdERstIpuNkHwBoCSy3w%5FwcB&tp=62533#{ "undefined"), democratic socialism-leaning Sanders himself is notoriously low-fashion. “I think, of my many attributes, being a fashion maven is not one of them,” he [told CNN’s Jake Tapper last month](http://motto.time.com/4661038/bernie-sanders-balenciaga-fashion-collection/ "undefined"). Whether or not he sought this status, looks like fashion is still having its Bernie moment. For Sanders fans trying to copycat this style on the cheap, [Racked notes,](http://www.racked.com/2017/3/6/14827908/balenciaga-bernie-sanders-heels "undefined") you’re in luck: just repurpose your old campaign t-shirt into a shoe cover. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4692049/balenciaga-bernie-sanders-heels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4692049/balenciaga-bernie-sanders-heels/"},"headline":"These Bernie Sanders-Inspired High Heels at Paris Fashion Week Won't Come Cheap","datePublished":"2017-03-06T22:32:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:39.454Z","description":"The politician is not associated with the high-fashion product.","url":"https://time.com/4692049/balenciaga-bernie-sanders-heels/","keywords":["Newsfeed","2016 Election topic","fashion","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5781f76ba474025/6988bd2b196cf462f903f1ff/bernie-sanders-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5781f76ba474025/6988bd2b196cf462f903f1ff/bernie-sanders-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Balenciaga : Runway - Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018","caption":"Balenciaga : Runway - Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018","creditText":"Victor Virgile—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4692049/balenciaga-bernie-sanders-heels/","name":"These Bernie Sanders-Inspired High Heels at Paris Fashion Week Won't Come Cheap"}}]}] ```