1940's shoes.

[NicolettaRose]

Can someone post some good pictures of 1940's shoes? I just would like to see if I can wear my 1930's shoes with my 1940's dress.

 

[ITG]

This thread might help:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=4178&highlight=shoes+pics

For some modern made ones with "the look":
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=8704&highlight=shoes+pics

 

[NicolettaRose]

None of the pics show up in the thread

 

[Amelie]

the pics I posted on that thread are from 1944

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=15578

 

[LadyDeWinter]

NicolettaRose, have a look at this site:

http://www.return2style.de/homepage.htm

It's a German site but they have an English version. When you're on their homepage go to

Museum then
Fashion then
Shoes

 

[jitterbugdoll]

Most of my shoes date to the late 1930s-mid 1940s (I have a few from the early 1950s), and I will wear them with 1940s outfits, as well as 1950s looks and 1930s looks. For example, I have a lovely mid-1930s dress that looks smashing with a pair of two-tone 40s platforms. As has been mentioned before, "make do and mend" thinking during WWII meant that women would be wearing older clothing and shoes together (say, a mid 30s dress with 40s shoes, or vice versa.)

You can see some of my collection on page 5 of this thread (decodoll has some great 1930s-40s shoes as well; she posted on the previous page):
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=4178&page=5&highlight=shoes

 

[Cherry_Bombb]

I'm a nut for these shoes:

http://www.remixvintageshoes.com/index.html

I own quite a few pairs that I phone ordered as well as bought when I was in LA, and found a significant price difference when I bought them in person. $150 shoes I bought for $80 in the store, and the owner even gave me a free aligator skin compact to sweeten the deal!! They wear well, and are super comfy!!

 

[Viviene]

These are a pair that I own.

 

[NicolettaRose]

Those shoes are so cute, Vivienne!!! I wish they still made shoes like that!

 

[Viviene]

Alas I found those shoes unworn at a sale I went to but they don't fit me. I found a pair very similar in a 1944 catalog I bought and the catalog has shoes in it that don't require ration coupons. The catalog is great for helping date some other items I've found over the years.

 

[Eleanor Marie]

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I like those shoes! I can't wear shoes any higher than 2 1/2" heel or I can't walk! It is hard finding nice appropriate shoes. :eusa_doh:

Cherry Bomb - I saw that site and couldn't dream of spending that sort of money - even If I could walk in them without falling over!!

 

[cherry lips]

Horst P. Horst's photograph appeared in the October 1, 1941, Vogue.

 

[Elise]

Can someone post some good pictures of 1940's shoes? I just would like to see if I can wear my 1930's shoes with my 1940's dress.

Hi NicolettaRose,
I don't know if you still need pictures of 1940's shoes, but I found these ones :

Pictures are extracted from a book named « La Mode des années 1940 », by Jonathan Walfort :
Blue shoes, circa 940-1941 :


American suedette brown shoes circa 1940 :


Black English shoes circa 1941-1944 :


Brown shoes circa 1941-1944 and beige shoes from 1947:


An American ad from autumn-winter 1945-1946 :


And a Czech ad circa 1942:


I'm sorry it's pretty difficult to me to write in English so I can't describe the pictures in a better way, but I hope it helps you.

 

[Inky]

Horst P. Horst's photograph appeared in the October 1, 1941, Vogue.

*faint* oh my god. color. shoes. beautiful.

 

[JupitersDarling]

why, oh why, can't we find shoe's like these now???? With shoes today, even if they've got that definite 40's shape and style, they're all boring black. Bring on the COLOR, I love it.

 

[Lady Day]

Housekeeping note, moved the non 40s shoes to this thread.
Lets keep this thread about 40s shoes

LD

 

[Lovely Leah]

My Everday Shoes

I love the Trinket by P.W. Minor. They still make this shoe. It is the closest thing that I can find to World War II era shoe. Very expensive, but, they seem to wear forever. I wish they came in other colors than basic black.
Fortunately, I was able to get some other colors in different brands in dead stock a few years ago.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I love the Trinket by P.W. Minor. They still make this shoe. It is the closest thing that I can find to World War II era shoe. Very expensive, but, they seem to wear forever. I wish they came in other colors than basic black.
Fortunately, I was able to get some other colors in different brands in dead stock a few years ago.

I got a pair of these a couple years ago -- on your recommendation, in fact -- and I can attest that they're a very solid sturdy shoe. Leather soled, which means if they do eventually wear out they can be half-soled for extra wear. Well worth the money if you spend a lot of time on your feet.

I'd love to find them in brown, but apparently the Quality Vintage-Looking Brown Walking Shoe is all but extinct.

 

[Fletch]

This is a problem for men as well, tho more in dress boots than shoes. The tannery business in general turned away from smooth browns years ago, and I suspect the bottom line was to blame. They may have had trouble sourcing sturdy enough hides without discoloration in them - which means they'd have to be made black or distressed to manufacture at a low enough cost.

IIRC, you can still find pieced brown shoes at popular prices - split-toes, loafers and such. That would support my hypothesis, if not your arches .

 

[Lovely Leah]

I got a pair of these a couple years ago -- on your recommendation, in fact -- and I can attest that they're a very solid sturdy shoe. Leather soled, which means if they do eventually wear out they can be half-soled for extra wear. Well worth the money if you spend a lot of time on your feet.

I'd love to find them in brown, but apparently the Quality Vintage-Looking Brown Walking Shoe is all but extinct.

I am glad this shoe worked out for you. I'd give anything to have this shoe in a russet color leather.