Helen Mirren barefoot at Paris Fashion Week

This actually took place in September of last year, but it's the first I heard of it.

Instead of strutting down the runway in a pair of sky-high heels as would normally be expected, Dame Helen Mirren opted to forego shoes as she joined a star-studded line-up at the L’Oreal Paris show at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday. Who says shoes have to complete a look?

As part of the L’Oréal Paris Le Défilé show, which celebrated emerging fashion designers and female empowerment, the 74-year-old grinned as she ran barefoot down the catwalk in a black and white printed maxi dress. With Gigi Hadid also tiptoeing barefoot down the runway for Marc Jacobs at NYFW, is this a new high-fashion trend? We're sure many supermodels hope so.