Object: Shoes
Brand:
Ferragamo
(Italian, founded 1910)
Date: 1947
Medium: Suede and nylon
Country: Italy
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Renfield
Object number: 2003.100.18
DescriptionThe Invisible Sandals with black suede F heel and narrow black suede strip at ankle strap and vamp connecting multiple strands of transparent nylon fishing line for illusion of invisible vamp and quarter
Label Text:Salvatore Ferragamo introduced his “F” heel in 1947. The style was a more curvaceous form of the wedge heel that Ferragamo had pioneered during the previous decade. The F heel was paired with various shoe types, but the Invisible sandals, made with fishing line, were exceptional. Wedge-heeled shoes have since cycled in and out of fashion several times.
Exhibitions:
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic
- Fabulous! Fashions of the 1940s
- RetroSpective