{"product_id":"gerard-darel-shoe-dda32a883-black","title":"Gerard Darel | Leather Buckle Sandals - Flat Sole","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimplicity is the whole argument here. This is a buckle sandal built on clean, uncomplicated lines — a flat sole, a plain leather upper, and two straps closed with a single buckle at the instep. Rendered in black leather, it reads as one of those pieces that never announces itself and never dates, the kind of shoe you reach for precisely because it asks no questions of the rest of an outfit.\n\nThe leather itself is the point of interest. Left plain, with no overlay, stitching detail or hardware beyond the buckle, it has room to show its own surface — the slight give, the way it will soften and take on a patina with wear. Cowhide leather has body without stiffness, structure without rigidity, and a matte, low-sheen finish that photographs as understated rather than glossy. It is a material built to be lived in, not looked at from a distance.\n\nThe construction favours ease over ornament. A flat sole and a low heel — just a centimetre — keep the silhouette grounded and the wear all-day practical, while the sandal shape leaves the foot largely bare, cut close at the sides and open across the toe and heel. The buckle fastening does double duty: it is the only visual detail on the shoe, and it allows the fit to be adjusted rather than fixed, so the strap sits where it should instead of where a fixed design decided it must. Nothing here is engineered to impress in a still image; it is engineered to be worn.\n\nOn foot, the low profile keeps movement unrestricted — this is a sandal for walking, not for posing, and the flat construction means weight is distributed evenly rather than pitched forward onto the ball of the foot. That makes it a genuine warm-weather workhorse: the kind of shoe that goes from a market run to a lunch to an afternoon of errands without needing to be swapped out. The black colourway is doing the heavy lifting in terms of versatility — it will not compete with prints, will not date with a season's colour story, and will sit as comfortably under tailoring as it does with something more relaxed.\n\nStyle it with cropped, straight-leg trousers to let the strap and ankle show, or with a slip skirt and a plain top for something that leans quietly polished rather than dressed-up. It also earns its keep as the flat alternative in an evening capsule — worn with wide-leg linen or a simple black dress, it reads as a considered, unfussy choice rather than a fallback. This is not a sandal designed to be the centrepiece of a look. It is designed to be the reliable, well-made constant underneath one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GERARD DAREL","offers":[{"title":"BLACK \/ 37.","offer_id":41835372576901,"sku":"DDA32A883","price":1225.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"BLACK \/ 36.","offer_id":41835372609669,"sku":"DDA32A883","price":1225.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"BLACK \/ 39.","offer_id":41835372642437,"sku":"DDA32A883","price":1225.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"BLACK \/ 38.","offer_id":41835372675205,"sku":"DDA32A883","price":1225.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0351\/5757\/3765\/files\/GERARD_DAREL-DDA32A883-BLACK-1.jpg?v=1787955767","url":"https:\/\/ruemadame.com\/products\/gerard-darel-shoe-dda32a883-black","provider":"RUE MADAME | BOUTIQUE PARISIENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}