The Archive · 1938

Wine Shades for Shoes

Rounder toes are seen in shoes for the afternoon, thus making the foot look shorter, while heels are getting higher. To match the new afternoon ensembles there are shoes of kid and suede tinted to the latest wine and grape colourings, shades which have been christened "Grenache," "Muscatd," "Currant". and "Malaga." Less reptile skin is used this season, although efforts are being made to launch a new fish-skin which can be adapted/to day and evening shoes. The mdst popular lines for day shoes for the winter show high fittings over the insteps, while these vamps are often slashed down onto the toes and fastened with lacings or with three and four narrow leather straps, Two colours are used in many shoes, wine-red and black or dark and light green making good harmonies.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account