Object: Shoes
Designer:
Charles Jourdan
(1883 - 1976)
Date: c. 1979
Medium: Patent leather
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Hedy Chew
Object number: 90.100.9
DescriptionBlack patent leather sling back sandals with asymmetical vamp with triangular section at outside and narrow green, blue, black and red straps on the inside, high wedge curved heel
Label Text:The 1970s saw an interest in moody, darker colors and retro styles. By the second half of the decade, primary colors like red and blue were revived. Disco fashions added to popularity of shiny metallics.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Shoes: A Lexicon of Style
- RetroSpective
- She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic