From the Shoe Museum in Mexico City, these shoes were specially made in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second of Great Britain, in 1953. Special decorations on the vamps . . . . . .
It’s still plenty cold outside, so over the next two weeks I’ll be showing the last of my beautiful winter coats. The photos I was able to get from the shoe museum will be interspersed with them – lovely examples of near-new footwear from about 1920 – 1970.
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FINDING TRUE VINTAGE FASHION ITEMS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, SKILL & EXPERIENCE TO BE REALLY GOOD AT IT. THESE TIPS MAY SEEM SIMPLE AND EVEN BORING BY THEMSELVES, BUT TOGETHER THEY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN MY OVERALL SUCCESS. OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY MORE DETAILS INVOLVED WITH EACH ONE, BUT THE BASIC IDEA IS WHERE TO START. . . . . . .
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This would be a great piece to wear with the cocktail dress just shown. Rhinestones and baroque “pearls” in white, along with champagne-colored accent “pearls” on the chain. Sorry the focus is a little off.
That dress doesn’t need a thing with it, and certainly DON’T wear showy earrings with this necklace. But, as one statement piece, this lovely collar would really shine.
What a find! It looked like a lost cause, but I fixed it up in no time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Wowee! You really liked my hats today. Thanks so much. I’ll be showing quite a few more over the next month, wrapping up photos of the most representative and best of my current collection. They really are fun, aren’t they? One of the best parts of any disguise . . . . . . . . .
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These are favorites of mine – as much as the red and black plaid sneakers I showed before. I can’t believe that they would make tennis shoes with pointy toes!!!!!!
The toes don’t show so well in this photo because I wanted to show the PF logo clearly, and they aren’t quite as much of a “needle” as the red and black ones. But, they are definitely different.
I also love old Keds, and usually think of them with a rounder toe. Truthfully, I have not found some of the oldest Keds and they do, technically, pre-date PF Flyers.
No doubt the pointed toes were a fashion fad and many of the shoe-makers followed it for a while. That’s usually what happens, right?
Anyway, when you go back to the late ’30’s and ’40’s there are many styles of canvas shoes which are classics and have been repeated by several companies. It’s fun to collect styles and colors.
I like the quality of the old ones vs. any modern shoes. After all, I want my “sneakers” to last . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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