Object: Shoes
Brand:
LaValle
(American)
Date: c. 1940
Medium: Leather and gold metal
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Carroll Cook
Object number: 88.2.48
DescriptionPair of shoes: red, white, blue leather with goldtone metal star studs; sandals; 8.2 cm blue heel; open toe; white diamond vamp patch linking red, blue straps; red, white quarter strap with center front buckle.
Label Text:Patriotic accessories were popular in America during, and in the years surrounding, World War Two. The striking red, white, and blue high-heeled shoes were probably manufactured just before strict wartime rationing of leather began.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Fashion & Politics
- Head to Toe
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic