Les jambes, elles, étaient vêtues de collants de danseuse, blancs scintillants, que chaussaient de délicats talons hauts, noirs et fins.
...are the high heels the subject and chaussaient the verb and they're inverted? And the "que" that precedes them is referring back to "les jambes?"
That's a very interesting question Laura, and it got me thinking.
The subject of 'chausser' is the 'talons' but I did wonder how it would be translated into English as normally the verb is 'to put on footwear' or to say your shoe size.
I would tend to use a passive as "the legs are clothed in tights..." and maybe say "were adorned by fine black stilettos".
Open for discussion as usual ...
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