My Favorite Historical Fashion-Shoes
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| These aren’t hundreds of years old but they are quite bedazzled! |
Anyone who knows me at all knows I’m a shoe person. I love shoes. Not impractical five-inch heels, but give me something frou frou or lace trimmed, and I adore them.
What, I’m the only one who gets that excited over used shoes?
The colors, the fabric, the embellishments! Lace, ribbons, jewels, beads, and ruffles. Satin, silk, fine leather, or appliqued.
Yes, please.
From violet silk evening slippers with crystal buckles to embroidered gold satin shoes with a dainty one-inch heels and pointed toes, they shout privilege and opulence.
True, some of the fashions look horribly painful to wear, let alone walk in, but the others . . . such detail and adornment. Sigh. Okay, some of them are downright garish with immense silk flowers and atrocious amounts of paste beads, metal thread, and painted decorations. And those are the men’s shoes.
Still, how can you not daydream about the wearer? Did they find true love? Were they a decent person or a fiend? The shoes will never tell you.
My favorite shoes are a pair of cobalt velvet pumps I’ve only worn a couple of times. I do have a stunning pair of ivory beaded satin ballet slippers I haven’t worn yet. I’ll be wearing them in July, though.
Are you a shoe person? If not, is there some other piece of clothing or accessory you find yourself buying way too many of?
All pictures courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
