Apparently 'goat shoes' are 2019’s biggest fashion trend and can we please get off now?

You know those rides that seem fun at the beginning but by the end, you wish you’d stayed firmly on the ground with a Dagwood Dog?

This years’ alleged new shoe trend is one of those rides.

The footwear in question made their first appearance for 2019 on Monday’s Golden Globes red carpet on American Horror Story actor Cody Fern’s feet.

They’ve been accurately dubbed ‘goat shoes’ because, well, they make the wearer’s feet look like goat feet. Fern’s boots actually have a far more eloquent name – the Tabi boot from luxury French fashion house Maison Margiela.

Retailing for $1,393.95 AU plus tax and shipping costs, the joke is kind of on us, no?

As pointed out by GQ's Samuel Hine, Margiela's Tabi boots aren't new. In fact, they're 30 years old.

Martin Margiela debuted the Tabi shoe in his very first Maison Margiela runway show in 1989. The Belgian designer who founded the fashion house in 1988 is said to have based the Tabi off traditional Japanese jika-tabi, work socks that have a divided toe. As models drenched in red paint walked down the runway, they left behind a distinct goat-like footprint, something which had never been done before.

In a 2015 AnOther profile of Geert Bruloot, the first man to stock Maison Martin Margiela's Tabi boot, Margiela reportedly told him the Tabi boot "is the most important footprint of my career: it’s recognisable, it still goes on after 25 years, and it has never been copied."

The split toe detail (which looks a fair bit like a goat's hoof) is now the Paris-based designer's iconic signature, and also comes in ballet flats, chunky heels and stiletto styles, as well as heeled boots, flat boots, slides and sneakers in menswear.

Twitter users' reactions to Fern's Tabi shoes were mixed - half are living for them, a quarter are offended Tabi shoes are being called goat shoes, and the rest want someone to please explain.

Cody Fern looks dashingly evil with those goat shoes i'd let him step on my face tbh pic.twitter.com/XpoIvLnRJL

— notWholesome Vince Liban (@vinceliban) January 7, 2019

He wore GOAT HOOF SHOES??? Literally Satan pic.twitter.com/QActpObPWj

— V.Anxious (@damsuda) January 7, 2019

The real winner of the #GoldenGIobes was #CodyFern and his goat hoof shoes. The antichrist SLAYS the red carpet! He is BEAUTIFUL. ???? @AHSFX #AHSApocalypse pic.twitter.com/v8Q1i9ETZf

— cbell_jr (@cbell_jr) January 7, 2019

GOAT SHOES— i can’t believe what i just read pic.twitter.com/hBNXMD3wWb

— amelie (@diorlafleur) January 7, 2019

locals have no taste i swear i cant believe yall are calling my DREAM SHOE goat shoes!!!! pic.twitter.com/ZQjkOhsbRD

— lyss (@obviouschilds) January 7, 2019

Only watching the Golden Globes tonight to see Cody Fern. So sir ya better show up with your goat shoes cuz if not imma burn myself at the stake for wasting my time watching

— ASHTEN???????????????? (@QuakingTrash) January 6, 2019

i saw the article abt "goat shoes" on the carpet but i genuinely thought it was referencing a proper goat head on the shoes??????? those tabi boots don't deserve this i'm acc amazed

— j (@esserevia) January 8, 2019

So far, this specific style of shoe hasn't emerged on the major fast fashion websites yet (and might not reach Australia until the winter months), but it does look like accentuating one's big toe is on trend.

Retailers like Cotton On, Kmart, The Iconic, ASOS and have all recently featured shoes with looped toe detailing, like a modern take on the classic Grecian-style sandals we're familiar with.

Despite this, and their rich history, we still don't know how to feel about these Tabi shoes. Or whether we'd wear them.

Here's hoping they die a quick, painless death... along with dad sneakers. They can go now too.