Christina Milian’s $45 PrettyLittleThing Clear Mules Prove the PVC Trend Doesn’t Require Luxury Prices

At Fashion Nova Presents: Party with Cardi at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on May 8, 2019, Christina Milian went head-to-toe orange, pairing a neon ruched midi dress with matching pointed-toe mules.

Christina Milian goes head-to-toe orange in a ruched midi dress and matching clear-strap mules at Fashion Nova Presents: Party with Cardi in Los Angeles on May 8, 2019 (Credit: FayesVision / WENN)

The fitted spaghetti-strap dress featured heavy ruching from top to hem. Milian wore her hair in a slicked-back ponytail and added asymmetrical silver lip earrings from the Yao Chen x APM Monaco capsule collection, detailed with multicolored micro-pavé stones.

A slicked-back ponytail puts the focus on Milian’s colorful Yao Chen x APM Monaco lip earrings and vivid neon-orange dress

The monochromatic styling continued to Milian’s shoes. She wore PrettyLittleThing’s Orange Block Heel Point Toe Mules, an affordable $45 design that paired a transparent front strap with a pointed orange sole and chunky block heel.

The clear strap placed Milian’s shoes firmly within the barely-there footwear trend that was especially visible on celebrity red carpets in the late 2010s.

Emily Ratajkowski wore a more delicate take on the look in Andrea Wazen’s pointed-toe Gloria PVC mules, while Margot Robbie paired transparent Manolo Blahnik Scolto mules with a Versace dress. Milian’s PrettyLittleThing pair translated the same transparent-upper idea into a brighter, chunkier, and much more affordable shoe.

Milian’s PrettyLittleThing mules pair transparent straps with pointed orange toes, creating a barely-there effect against her feet

Unlike a traditional barely-there stiletto sandal, Milian’s mules used a substantial block heel to balance the transparent upper. The pointed toe added a sharper line beneath the fitted midi dress, while the clear strap made the orange sole and heel look almost disconnected from the foot.

Other celebrities have taken the clear-mule idea in different directions. Maddie Ziegler used hot-pink clear-strap mules to add a contrasting pop of color to a vintage Chanel suit, showing how the same transparent-upper concept can work with color-blocking rather than Milian’s head-to-toe tonal approach.

The exact PrettyLittleThing style Milian wore has since been discontinued. Its original $45 price is best treated as part of the shoe’s history rather than a current shopping price, although the style may occasionally appear on resale marketplaces.

PrettyLittleThing’s Orange Block Heel Point Toe Mule originally retailed for $45, combining a clear vinyl strap with a chunky coordinating heel

From Clear Mules to Statement Heels: Christina Milian’s Shoe Style

Milian’s orange PrettyLittleThing mules are just one example of how she uses footwear to finish a look, whether she’s matching her heels to her outfit or adding contrast with metallics, spikes, and barely-there sandals. Explore more of her standout shoe moments below.