Irina Shayk brought dark, daring glamour to the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where she received the Filming Italy Women Power Award for her influence and achievements in fashion.
Standing about 5’9″ (175.3 cm) with a US shoe size 9, the model has built a footwear wardrobe that moves easily between classic pumps and far more experimental silhouettes. In Venice, she stayed firmly on the darker side of that spectrum, stepping out in black looks defined by dramatic shapes and edgy details.
Irina Shayk showcases dark, daring glamour at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, wearing a Romeo Gigli dress with Camper x Issey Miyake sock boots and a racy black Dolce Gabbana dress with pointy pumps on September 6-7, 2026 (Credit: Simone Comi / Francesca Vieceli / IPA / INSTARimages)
For the premiere of The Spiral, Shayk embraced a dark, avant-garde aesthetic in a black Romeo Gigli dress paired with Camper x Issey Miyake “Anna” boots, giving her look a mysterious, otherworldly edge. At The Echo Chamber premiere, she took the glamour even further, wearing a high-fashion, bondage-inspired Dolce Gabbana look styled with sleek, pointed satin pumps.
Sculptural in Black: Irina Shayk Pairs Camper x ISSEY MIYAKE Anna Boots With Romeo Gigli
Irina Shayk leaned into dark minimalism in this head-to-toe black look, with Camper x Issey Miyake’s “Anna” boots adding a futuristic edge. Unconventional footwear is familiar territory for Shayk: her shoe rotation has included architectural boots, archival Givenchy mules, feathered heels, and pointed pumps. Here, the close-fitting sock silhouette made an otherwise restrained black outfit feel noticeably more directional.
The close-fitting boots continued the uninterrupted black line of her Romeo Gigli Fall/Winter 2026-2027 “Venus in Furs” dress. Made from matte black fabric, the dress featured dramatic ruching gathered across the bodice and down the skirt, creating a sculpted, figure-hugging silhouette.
Irina Shayk wears black Camper x ISSEY MIYAKE Anna rib-knit sock boots, featuring a second-skin silhouette, sculptural pointed toes, and low architectural heels (Credit: Anna Maria Tinghino / Future Image / Cover Images)
The Camper x ISSEY MIYAKE Anna collection is available in several women’s styles and variations, with prices ranging from $225 to $265 at the time of publication. Explore the Camper x ISSEY MIYAKE Anna collection at Camper.
The boots blurred the line between socks and shoes, replacing the substantial soles Shayk has often favored in her combat and thigh-high boot looks with something much leaner. Crafted from soft, stretch-knit TENCEL-blend fabric, the material wrapped closely around her feet and lower legs like a second skin, while the sculptural pointed-toe base gave the sock-like silhouette a sharper finish.
Camper x ISSEY MIYAKE Anna footwear ranges from low-cut pointed knit shoes to second-skin sock boots, with sculptural low heels and black, beige, navy, and blue variations
The top had an asymmetrical design, with a modest boat neckline, one long sleeve on her left arm, and a completely bare right side. From the bare side, a sweeping panel of black fabric draped down the body before connecting to the hem, creating a dramatic cape-like effect.
Shayk kept everything else simple with a slicked-back low bun and minimal makeup. Stacks of white-gold diamond rings and bracelets added a subtle sparkle to the all-black look.
Irina Shayk embraces a dark, avant-garde aesthetic, pairing her black sock boots with a Romeo Gigli draped dress featuring a one long-sleeve design, a cutout back, and a cape-like accent on the right side connected to the hem of the dress (Credit: Simone Comi / IPA / INSTARimages)
Y2K Bondage Glamour: Irina Shayk Revives Dolce Gabbana Spring 2003 With Satin Pumps
At The Echo Chamber premiere on September 6, 2026, Irina Shayk embraced an unapologetic Y2K look that mixed high-fashion bondage glamour with a sultry edge.
She kept the footwear relatively simple with black satin pumps, letting the dress remain the focal point. It’s a styling formula Shayk has used before: she previously paired sleek black pointed-toe pumps with an equally provocative Burberry harness-and-suit look. In Venice, the satin finish echoed the sheen of her dress, while the sharp pointed toes and high stiletto heels extended the outfit’s continuous black line.
Rather than allowing the pumps to stand apart from the outfit, Shayk layered them over opaque thigh-high black stockings. Matching the hosiery to the shoes created a nearly continuous black line down her legs, making the pointed pumps read as part of the silhouette rather than a separate accessory and reinforcing the look’s early-2000s mood.
Irina Shayk creates a seamless leg-lengthening effect by pairing opaque black thigh-high stockings with sleek black satin pointed-toe pumps and soaring stiletto heels (Credit: Anna Maria Tinghino / Future Image / Cover Images)
Irina paired the pumps with a Dolce Gabbana satin dress that Gisele Bündchen originally wore to open the house’s Spring 2003 show. Revisiting runway history is hardly new territory for Shayk, who has also stepped out in archival fashion including Thierry Mugler’s Spring 1997 butterfly couture dress. The Dolce Gabbana design featured dramatic cutouts along both sides, secured with crisscrossing corset-style laces threaded through rows of tonal metal hoops.
The design exposed strips of skin and glimpses of her black satin underwear, giving the dress its bondage-inspired look. A low-cut neckline and grommet-studded shoulder straps added to the sultry silhouette.
Shayk finished the look with a thick, multilayered silver crystal-mesh choker by Leo Pizzo that wrapped around her entire neck, plus a statement ring. Her bouncy curls framed her face, while dramatic cat-eye makeup added even more sultry glamour.
Irina Shayk embraces high-fashion bondage glamour with her black Dolce Gabbana dress featuring a fitted silhouette and cutout sides with corset-style lacing (Credit: IPA / INSTARimages)
Shayk’s experimental sock boots were only one approach to footwear at the 2026 Venice Film Festival. In a striking contrast, Amanda Seyfried paired her arrival look with black satin Miu Miu ballet flats, showing how the festival’s shoe story ranged from architectural, second-skin boots to deliberately understated flats.
Why Irina Shayk’s Venice Shoes Work: From Second-Skin Sock Boots to Pointed Pumps
Irina Shayk’s Venice wardrobe shows how very different design languages can arrive at the same dark, dramatic result. Romeo Gigli brought the soft draping and archival-minded romanticism, while Camper x ISSEY MIYAKE pushed her footwear toward a more experimental, second-skin silhouette.
Dolce Gabbana took the opposite route with satin, corset-inspired detailing, and sharply pointed pumps. Together, the looks captured the tension Shayk often favors: softness against structure, restraint against provocation, and classic black footwear made more interesting through proportion and texture.
That contrast also runs through celebrity shoe style more broadly. Stretch-knit boots can turn the leg and shoe into one continuous shape, while a traditional pointed pump can quietly anchor an elaborate dress. Issey Miyake’s footwear history shows the house applying sculptural details even to familiar silhouettes such as Mary Janes, while Dolce Gabbana has moved freely between lace sock boots, satin stilettos, jeweled platforms, and highly decorative statement shoes.
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