Silk Damask
These astonishing boots, c. 1870, were featured in the 2008 exhibition “HEIGHTS OF FASHION: A HISTORY OF THE ELEVATED FOOT” at the Esplanade Museum...
Victorian Boots & Shoes - Granny Boots & Shoes
Victorian Bridal Boots $149.99 AT Vintagedancer.com
Antique Chinese Lotus Shoes for Bound Feet. How awful it must have been to wear these.
Ephemeral Elegance
Laced Opera Boots, ca. 1890s
Shoes / Lady's white kidskin shoes with red skin applique along the edge and on the strap.
1770 shoes, vintage shoes, zapatos antiguos, moda vintage
Uneasy lies the Head that Wears a Crown
ohsoromanov: “ A pair of beautiful boots which once belonged to Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, 1880 (x) ”
Untitled
batashoemuseum
shoes have the power, the vanity, and the magic - Tea, Sugar, a Dream
Pair of baby shoes -
Pair of baby shoes by late 19th century. A work from the collections of the de Young and Legion of Honor museums of San Francisco, CA.
THAT'S SO 1608
You all know how fashion design gets crazier and more intelligent and complicated as Father Time whittles his walking stick. And it would seem as if the same goes for shoes, especially if you look at any of the shows for Fashion Week anywhere lately...
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Silk brocade, English, ca. 1720 F, 1730-35, English; Ivory blue silk brocade, Van Dyke tongue. Museum Number T.446&A-1913.
Art works
Lotus Shoes China. 19th century Silk, cardboard and plaster. The manchues did not aprove this practice but were a reality among the Han chinese under the manchu rule.