Venerable designer Manolo Blahnik flourished during the 1990s, and that decade’s pared-down aesthetic lives on, though subtly updated for a new era, in the Carolyne mule in pure cotton denim lined in leather. With a strong pointed toe and a covered heel, the quietly dramatic silhouette is a return to minimalist codes with every bit of luxury intact: technically exquisite and masterfully handcrafted in Italy.