This is a place for any extant garments in private collections from about 1941 back. There is no beginning date. The only rule is that it can't be currently in a museum and must be before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I mostly post items I've seen on ebay, etsy, or other auction sites so we will continue to have a record of them for research purposes. If you have antique clothing in your collection, please, email me pictures of them and I will gladly add them to this site.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Edwardian Shoes!
You can see the white shoes previously here.
From Me:
Why no "From the seller"? Because I can't remember when the heck I got the black and tans. :-) These are both Edwardian shoes that are now apart of my personal collection. (I'll try to get pictures of the Regency shoes I have tomorrow!) The black is a day shoe that looks very similar to the Gibson shoe American Duchess will be offering next year.
The black shoe has a nice almost Art Deco tan leather design on the side but a very sensible heel. You can see the difference in the heels when I put the two shoes together. Although they are both roughly from the same period, the white shoe is clearly for evening or "special occasion" wear.
I *think* both shoes are roughly a modern 6.5 but I wouldn't dare try them on anyone to find out. The leather on both is in excellent condition. The white shoes leather is a very fine kid leather while the black shoes feel more like my everyday work shoes leather (I work in an office and wear mary janes or mules a lot.)
Because these are just upstairs, feel free to ask questions about them. Or, if you want pictures of other items in my collection, just ask. I need to start organizing those buggers better...
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