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Golden Slippers,
The Strap Shoe for All Occa-
sions Gives Slowly to the Ox-
ford Idea of Covering the
Instep. Many Ingenious
Tricks Are Invented to Make
for Grace and Beauty. Wide.
Bands Across Instep Are Pre-
ferred to Several Straps.
Oxford Ties in Mixed Leather
with Perforated Trimming
Are Placed in the. Front Rank
of Fashion for Street Wear.
Cuban Heels Return. Sport
Shoes Have. the Broadest ,
Heels on Record. Sometimes
They Extend Well Beyond
the Shoe at Back. Alligator
and Lizard Skin Are Most
Desirable. Bright Brown
Calf with Patent Leather
Decoration is Chosen by the
Fastidious.
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[“ the tnnkihg of new kinds nt
0 shoes there is no end, Thum-
who lit our feet ltzit'l‘ rcturnul
to the ways of the uni-touts :tnd
forsaken the paths or tht- riiziitmmslg. '
I’urltan. No longer (tom the well-
dressed woman and her lllllll'ill int.
lowers go about in the sturdy, sen—
sible shoe that was ii‘llillli’“l to lit,-
100 per cent American by the other
nations. The. streets at nrmndny
(might I724 by- ~75: ”cam New 53%.
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give the most cnsuul .cyn i-trellt-ut
evidence cf the joyous abandonment
otthe sensible foot covering. (mr
busy little workers go about eating
their “snatch lunch and no tip" mth
their lower extremities. as the \‘i.-.
torians said, covered by the fruit and
suggestive things that Jen-i701 and
Cleopatra wore.
The concealing stocking is no
more. The shoe intended for the
smooth floors of ballroom or thr-
thickly cnrpeted llom‘s of luxurious
houses covers the flint of the girl
out in the rain without rubbers. The
sole thing the‘ women folk have
omitted from their street footgcnr is
the silver and gilt slipper, and the
light metallic brocade.
Ono expects any day to see Irene
Bordoni‘e Chinese sundzils hy I‘t‘l‘ll-
gia. the French boo’tmnkcr, ("lup-
ping~clapplng along the pavement in
the snow. These sandals have two
heels. They are lifted from tho flour
fore and aft. and held to the foot by
n. broad band acrosa‘the instep, a.
band built like :1 tiara: The‘ trim
heels are lacquer red or Mark and
gold or pale silver.
The sport shoe of llzztrtl skin, with
its Perugia heel extending far be-
yond the confines of the sole and as
broad as it is long, :i first cousin to
a man’s bedroom slipper, is uhrozid
all hours of the dov on the street in
conjunction with a stiittly tailor-
rnmle suit or nrrythln: else the
wearer happens to Cihlllce upon in
the closet.
All questions of nicnty regarding
the appropriateness of foot coveritt:::—x
has been challenged, then (llfinlissv ,1
ms of no importance. if we wm-n
carried in litters \w {'tvtllll lint y...
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Two modrl; in 'black and white
kill that are to be worn with sport
clothes for Florida. Thcir shaping
shows the renewed interest in th"
Or/ord 'c for the open. The third
pair is I bright brown calf [or
walking. It is cut in sections to
shorten the foot and sloshi'd across
the instep. The fourth pair has an
Flaunt-rated Oz/ord front the mate-
rial is alligator skin. It is used as a
unlkina shoe despite the French
her! The two lower shoes are 0/
brown leather with periorated trim—
ming o! birch patent leather: the
Cuban ml is «31%.le other is a
sport shoe of lizard skin We like
a man's lounging slipper. The heat
is not only flat,_ but exaggerated in;
breadth, which it the new W ‘
fashion mm from Pcrugiamfm
skin‘s um]
Thru 1: pr: s: it! Hit
liiflht pair 0/ Ion-
slipprrs wit it]:
more gorgeous and resplendent in
our shoes. The way women folk
answer the argument that such
shoes: are not nieutit for Ucvldentai
pavements is by wearing them on
such pavements.
So much for generalization. The
fact is established that shoes of the
t'ii'iciitpl housetnps, of Celestial 'rick-
shuws. of luxurious litters, are worn
on Occidental stone .pavements
\Vhat do the shoe people offer us,
therefore, for the coming year?
“hot new fantasy, what strange
and exotic recrudescence from the
Arabian Nights will we buy for six
or sixty dollars? Don't, i her: of
you, scent surprised at the latter
price.
department shops in New York ask
.i‘tt‘ty dollars in make :my kind of
street shoe, and the celebrated lead-
«TS of shoe making on Fifth At'enue
ask and get sixiy‘two dollars for a.
pair of eveninz: slippers_/
Such prices do not equal those
shroud. 7:mtorn.\'.‘thu famous, gets
$2.0m! down heft-re he makes :1. sin-
gle p.»_1;~ n'. slippers, but after he gets
it he “implies his customers with
the llrr ‘llt‘;.‘{
to see i;- the matter of foot cover-
Aings This price includes shoe trees
made in tit. each pair of shoes. vel-
vet and satin lined boxes for dec-
orative mules :intl frail evening
slippers. and it means that he goes
on supplying shoes until the years
have rolled by and he has 'Workcd
out his initial price.
' The arrangement seems perfectly
satisfactory to his patrons. among
“horn are numbered hundreds or
rich Americans. -
The Italian. Perugia, whom Paul
Poiret found on the Riviera.and
brought. to Paris to make slices for
his mannequins. asks nearly a. hun~
dred dollars for any pair of slippers.
it is he who is responsible for the
Oriental fashion. back of which
Poirot has stood for all the years
of, his meteoric career. It is this
Italian who has introduced the Chi—
nese shoes with their glory of em;-
brotdery. their combination of black
and bright. pale gold. He it is who
has made mules the most gorgeous
since Haroun nl Raschid Fore them
to prowl the dark, uncanny streets
0‘ Bagdad. , .
None or theeetoot coverings are
confined to Paris, Rome andeeuo
liven the shot-makers in the.
things one ever wants‘
" The silklaces are black.
are considrrml the corvcct numbrr and kind for Um
smurf (rather the prnpcr shaping
""3. ”H“ appropriate SWIM 707' 'larlulls cosiumcs and hours brlwccn midday and midnight.
(hr, combination of the right
don. They can be bought here as
quit kly its there» The Fifth Avenue
“indows show them. They are sold
in their cheapest imitations around a
six dollars. and they are made to
order‘ by bootmakers who are the
fashion of the hour in America for
sixty-two dollars. Why the addi— "
tional two dollars? I don’t know. J
There will always be enough ¢
women witn unstandardized feet to "
support the expensive bootmakers.
as there will always be enough
women whose clothes must be fitted
to their individual figures, and who
must choose special fabrics, to sup-
port the dressmakers. I
Will Oxford Ties Win?
~There are two distinctly sensible
foot fashions among the welter of
Oriental ones that give hope for bet-
ter days. They came over the hori-
zon from France. One is the actual .
American Oxford tie. with its Eng-
lish name; the other is the flat-
heeled sport shoe with an elongated
vamp and instep covering. The for~ _
mer is made by expensive bootmak- ' ' ' ‘
era for fastidious women who realize Evening slipper o/ silvcr and mi!
that something is needed for tailored mixed with pointrd ramp and broad
clothes that does not suggest the buckle of rhincktoncs srt in silv‘r,
litter and the harem. The latter with frili of silvcrilaee aborc.
goes to sunshine resorts for all-day
wear with sport clothes. ’ ~
The Oxford is a richer-elation of initials in silver on the instep held
the broad- heeled. sturdy shoe with by two velvet strap: 11);: gross each
slight grace, intended for country other one going to the heel piece.
lanes and cold climates. It is made the other to the toe piece.
of bright brown calf with a moder- When straps are put on shoes
ate instep piece and American vamp. they hold .aomething in place on the
There is a. Blucher opening: which instep or the top of v.amp They
shortens the length. There are are not merely to fasten the shoe.
black wooden heels and thin strips
of perforated black patent leather
outlining the edges. also a toe tip.
The heel The twoy‘noveltt‘es in nighttime
is\a straight Cuban. The reverse in footwear are the ornate slipperS‘ol
tion is tashionable but not gilt and silver. and the black satin
gort‘ferfl-ble- pump with pointed, va’mp embroid- -
Next in fashion to this Oxford, ered in bunches oi eighteenth cen—
which is at least smart as well a; rut-y flowers in faint colors. The
sensible, m 1! 3 Strong rim of latter are eighty-five dollars hv the
the Colonial patent pump which way, when made by a. to. emost boot-
Paris was Wu: two years ago maker. And many of them are or-
with street clothes. It is along com- Once they were for Queens.
venticmal lines, its glory given by but as the impetuous and outspoken
the. broad Put—imp buckle of silver. Elizabeth said to her gown maker.
The novelty touch I! to make the‘ “wetting new must he invented
“buckle a trans for one's initials. for Queens as the plain people have ‘*
also in silver. There are afternoon so much money they we dress like
shoes d‘black velvet glitch have the we do." She .363onan against
Golden Slippers fa. Evening.
‘vhristmas Pantomime, Arrive
The Golden Slippers' of Soul
and Pantomime Were Re-
turned to Fashion at Chilt-
‘mas, Replacing Brocade in a
Measure. They Are Worn
with Any Evening Com.
. Cross Straps Ruins. from
Under the Instep Give the
Oriental Effect. Gm
Buttons Are 0mm as a
Rule. ImmenseBuckles, lee'
Eighteenth Cent!!! on“.
Are Ccnsidered Smart. Crys-
tals Set in Metal Are Used
for Ihese vnth' Frills of
Metallic Lace as an AM
Brocade Slippers Remain in
the Best of Fashiou' and Con-
tinue oriental in Sham.
Although the Plain kneriean
Pump with High French Heel
is Revived. Black and Gold
Brocade Carry Out the
Chinese Effect in House Slip-
’pers. The Last Word in
Fashion is the Black Satin
Evening Slipper with Pointed
Vamp Embroidered in Frail
Eighteenth Century Flowers.
It is Worn with Rose Beige
Chiffon Stockings.
ihe luxuriousness of the common
pnnple having such extravagant
’izt'c's as glass windows in their
“What is the world min:
she queried, in the way of all
in advent of the gilt slipper
.1 hack :1 fashion that always
tmi a Christmas pantomme
11‘: children; Once upon a time the
unturt hence—they were called that
1‘} those days—wore high buttoned
luot< of {:Lit \‘v'hen copied in black
Seti‘i‘l. they were worn with red
tuckinzs and called "rouge and
l‘llll‘." “'hich proves that our saint-
cd ancestors were not averse to be-
in: conspicuous despite their predi-
lection to deride the present genera-
tiun.
The new version of the gilt slipper
—.‘.i:t t‘indernlla once wear it. I won-
:t mixture of gold and all-
V-ir, one applied to the other in
small and eccentric designs. The
«Int-h used is the best imitation of
piper. The observer thinks it is a.
m 1‘ By the way, here
tlc'rT—is
.ed slipper.
fishionaiule trick which none
are so lllll as to forego. A bottle
of gi‘d or silxer liquid a bottle of
i
:9
mi» rccn of Peking blue paint is
in transform white slipper.
: ..d other kinds.
Colored Glaze Kid Goes Out.
l‘urtunrttely the fashion {or bright-
” .urvj kid slippers. highly glazed.
spsm itself last summer. Like the
c rcular floun:e it was the plaything
o.‘ :1 season. It went no further.
t‘olnrr-d kid in strips of decoration
continue to appear on afternoon
firoen and henna are two
. hosen to go with black and
Sim-“s.
('t‘ltll'g
brown.
Rhinestone buttons with dripping
tasscls have had their day. The
large eighteenth century buckle
dominates. it often costs thirty-five
dollars, but that‘s an extravagance.
The lmhy French heel appears to be
S! ppimr out of the limelight. Flat
huels take its place on brocade eve-
ning slippers: Cuban heels on street
The high French heel con-
.\'0 reform is apparent.
Slit ms.
lill'JCS.
7:1 Iain—Three pair of house alip-
prrs zrcrn with the decorative house
311924118 and negligees widely adopted
in! 7 mum of affairs as by those a!
I 'surc ()nr pair is of patent leather
*2 rr-rl heels and. gold cord stitch-
v-ry‘f anolhrr pair is of white kid
cmbroidrrr'd in bright Turkish colors
.viti: colored tor tip: the third pair
.— Hm I‘hinm: sandal. as introduced
., [’«rugin the French bootmokcr,
and iiiirorz‘vcrd 1:ch by Irene Bar-
Hmti. the musical comedy star.
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