good heavens, there certainly are a couple there that look really close. but I doubt this company has been around since the 1950s, or that she ever paid that much for shoes. but "oxford" gives me something to start with.
thanks much! chimene On Oct 29, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Marion McNealy wrote: > They sound like Oxfords > http://www.zappos.com/product/7720004/color/263383 > http://www.zappos.com/product/7792036/color/289699 > http://www.zappos.com/product/7840099/color/718 > > - Marion > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Patricia Dunham <chim...@ravensgard.org> > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Sat, October 29, 2011 5:01:12 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Steampunk shoes, anyone? > > fascinating. anybody know what you would call (for googling purposes) the > JADE > cut shoe, if it was plain black leather, also lace-up top, with a plain heel > about the same height? looks SO close to the funny little shoes my > farm/ranch > grandma used to wear, all the years I ever noticed them! they were her > every-day, working in the farmyard shoes (slopping pigs, picking eggs, > milking, > etc, etc) > > > she was quite short (around 5-foot or slightly less? and Grandad was at least > 6-foot!), and had a very shapely ankle and calf, even if her torso was a > matronly fire-plug. boy do I remember those shoes. the period I remember > them > from would have been ca. 1950-75??? she was born ca. 1900. they were > probably > a catalog item... > > thanks, just in case! > chimene > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
