Anya Taylor-Joy Joins the Subtle Clear Shoe Club in Strappy Aquazzura Sandals at the F1 Grand Prix of Japan – Why It’s Worth It in 2026

Anya Taylor-Joy joined one of spring’s quieter shoe trends on Sunday in Suzuka, wearing Aquazzura’s Sting 120 sandals in dark red for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit.

The actress arrived with her “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” costars and her husband, Malcolm McRae, in a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier spring 1991 leather corset and Frame’s Leather Rodeo pants, pairing the piped leather look with Aquazzura’s red patent-and-PVC stilettos that played off the lines of her top while also keeping her inside the same stripped-back sandal lane she has held throughout the film’s press tour.

Matching red patent leather edged the insole, covered the heel cup and formed a slim ankle strap fastened with a small gold buckle. A 120mm stiletto heel completed the strappy silhouette.

Suzuka also marked a repeat wear. Four days earlier, Taylor-Joy wore the same Aquazzura sandals at the Nintendo Museum in Japan with look 29 from Erdem’s fall 2026 collection.

That throughline has stayed consistent even as the palette has shifted. Taylor-Joy wore white Jimmy Choo Minny sandals to the Kyoto premiere on March 28, white Giuseppe Zanotti Intriigo sandals for a Tokyo photocall the day prior and ivory Giuseppe Zanotti Audrinette heels for “Late Night With Seth Meyers” a week before that. In Suzuka, she kept the same lean stiletto structure in rotation, then pushed it into a harder red finish with a clearer PVC front.

That move placed her inside a broader run of transparent-front heels this year. Ciara wore silver pointed heels with a clear PVC strap in Miami last week, while Lily Allen wore Valentino pumps with a transparent toe strap during Paris Fashion Week in January. also included clear heels in its spring 2026 trend report, pointing to the category’s return in subtler forms rather than the fully transparent styles that dominated earlier cycles.