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1841-1850ish Men’s Footwear Leather, leather, leather! Leather soles, boots, heels Round toes Low to medium stacked heels Contrasting colors on upper boot, sometimes with ribbon pulls Trousers under foot Women’s Footwear Heelless fine leather soles, mostly, with some wedge heels Square, pointed, round toes Leather toecaps and elastic side gussets Low-cut square vamps Satin ribbons,ContinueContinue reading “19th Century Shoes: 1841 – 1850”

1831-1840ish Men’s Footwear Leather boots, sometimes with toe caps Stirrup under foot Evening pumps with low-cut vamps Thin soles Possible trimmings might have included bows, silk linings Women’s Footwear Boots, boots, and more boots; cloth, sable, silk, black velvet, short front Square or round toes Satin evening shoes, often with long silk ribbons Flat pumpsContinueContinue reading “19th Century Shoes: 1831 – 1840”

It was a harder to find images for this week’s shoes because the dresses are longer and the toes just barely peek out from under – which means later might be even more difficult. But don’t worry, I shall persist! 1821-1830ish Men’s Footwear Thin soles Low wedge heels Silk ribbon laces rounded or square toesContinueContinue reading “19th Century Shoes: 1821 – 1830”

Remember back in July when I did a post on shoes from 1800 – 1810? Yes, it has been that long since I have done a fashion post again. Ah, the trials of summer and travel! But I’ve decided to stick with that format for now – the quick snippets of information rather than theContinueContinue reading “19th Century Shoes: 1811 – 1820”

Today, I want to talk about shoes. Yes, you may well blink in surprise. Because who, when doing a post on historical fashion, ever concentrates on shoes? Well, exactly! I mean, do you know how hard it is, when you are creating a scene for an historical fiction book, to figure out what shoe they’dContinueContinue reading “19th Century Shoes: 1800 – 1810”