Kendall Jenner redefined what it means to be well-heeled during a private tour of the Louvre this week.
The model and reality star went barefoot while waltzing around the famed Parisian art establishment after public viewing hours, as seen in a collection of new Instagram photos she posted on Wednesday.
Jenner made herself very comfortable during what her caption called a “midnight” visit to the museum, where she was photographed admiring Leonardo DaVinci’s “Mona Lisa” and Renaissance artist Paolo Veronese’s sprawling painting of “The Wedding Feast at Cana,” all with her toes out.
Though the photos did have a certain air of elegance, fans and critics had to wonder why in the world the star would abandon her shoes to traipse across floors which get tread on by around 30,000 guests per day.
“Dogs out at the louvre is crazy,” one Instagram user replied to Jenner’s post.
Others had sharper criticism for the Vogue cover girl, finding the photos a prime display of celebrity entitlement.
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“We get it. You’re so filthy rich you can get the louvre to open at midnight just for you to walk barefoot around the historic halls,” another Instagrammer wrote.
Still, there were plenty of people who were impressed by Jenner’s footloose and fancy-free attitude at the museum.
As one fan wrote, “You know how powerful this woman is when she can have all the Louvre for herself in the middle of the night.”
While Jenner’s barefoot display did make for a charming photo-op, it’s worth noting how Paris is not exactly renowned for its cleanliness.
The City of Lights’ main waterway, the Seine, was deemed too dirty to host any aquatic events during this year’s summer Olympics.
And last fall during Paris Fashion Week, a rash of bed bug infestations terrorized some of the town’s most elite visitors.
Foreigners’ feeling of disappointment for the French capital has even earned its own special name.
Hiroaki Ota, a Japanese psychiatrist working in France, coined the term “Paris Syndrome” in the 1980s after noticing a pattern of patients profoundly shocked and upset at the city’s often chaotic condition.