Okay, so maybe it blew a gale and was a bit nippy today, but on the whole it’s been quite lovely here in Nevada, which has put me in mind of gardening. I’m a terrible gardener – I do try, though! – and since it was bad weather today, how about admiring some beautiful bloom-inspired shoes from history?
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| Museum of Applied Arts, 18th century (German) |
| MFA, 1780-85 |
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| LACMA, 1760s |
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| Bata Shoe Museum (blog), 1780s-1790s |
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| Eleanor Meriwether (blog), gaiter boots, c. 1840s |
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| The Met, early 1840s |
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| LACMA, 1849 – aren’t these ADORBS!? |
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| The Met, 19th century |
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| Whitaker Auctions, 1870s |
| Manchester City Gallery, 1880s |
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| The Met, 1891 |
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| LACMA, 1914-17 |
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| Vintage Textile, 1925 |
There are gobs and gobs more, of course – to find these and more floral shoes (and just more historical shoes in general), follow my “Shoes” boards on Pinterest.
2 Comments
Alexa
April 23, 2014 at 8:25 PMGrapes!!! grapes grapes grapes. (Sorry, they're just really cute…)
Laurie
April 25, 2014 at 6:53 AMThe grapes one stole the show. I have a lovely stencil of grapes and I"m eyeing some silk satin….