The YSL Tribute sandals are a pair of shoes we have long longed to have in our closets.

The Tribs have been reincarnated several times by YSL—a pump, a sandal, a slingback, an ankle boot. The good folks over at Pollini obviously decided that they, too, should take a stab at reinterpreting the shoe.

The weaving of the leather straps on the toe of the sandal, the platform, and the ankle strap of this version available on Shirise for $760 have been almost exactly replicated.

The Pollini shoe was originally $515 at Shopbop, but is now on sale for $360.50. Perhaps they realized people would rather shell out another $200 for the real deal instead of a copy. Because adding some wood does not a new shoe make.

—MELISSA ELLIOTT

A few weeks ago, Jonathan Saunders was announced as the new creative director of Pollini.

You may ask, “What’s Pollini?” and we say, “Well, it’s this Italian label that was really popular in the ’70s, it’s in some vintage stores, and now Aeffe deals with it…”

Currently, the line is cute and streamlined, with lots of navy and neutrals, but we imagine Mr. Saunders will transform it substantially and render it more in his own style:

Graphic, floaty, and a little bit insane.

But even more pressing than “What’s he going to do for Pollini?” is this:

“How does he have time to design four collections?!”

That’s right, four: His namesake label, TopShop, Target, and now, Pollini.

We predict a never-ending Starbucks run for his many assistants.