1940 | André Perugia | The arch-less shoe
Photograph by François Kollar
Source: Europeana
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Spring 1940 | Paris Portfolio
André Perugia arch-less shoes
Unknown magazine
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Now, while her (Mrs. Philip Lydig) shoes are on exhibition in the Museum of Costume Art (1), Perugia has brought out a new school of shoes that are triumphs of his craft, true museum pieces. Light and airy, with graceful curving lines, they are built with a space under the instep so that the natural arch of the foot is the only bridge between heel and toe. They are beautiful, bizarre, and wonderfully comfortable.The Proud FootFrom: Harper's Bazaar | April 1940
1940 | André Perugia The arch-less shoe Patent USD 119397 Source: Google Patents |
1940 | André Perugia for Saks Fifth Avenue
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1940 | André Perugia for Saks Fifth Avenue © Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
1940 | André Perugia
The arch-less shoe x-rayed |
ANDRE PERUGIA
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FOOTNOTES
(1)
The astounding Rita de Acosta Lidyg collection of Pierre Yantorny shoes now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(2)
Before & After LOUIS VUITTON
1950s | Unknown label | American
Source: SHOES (Workman Publishing, 1996)
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CA. 1965 | Unknown label
White Patent Leather Faux Croc Vamp With Gold Wedge Heel
Source: Jonathan Walford
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1994 | Diego Dolcini | The model Dalì
Source: Scarpe (Rizzoli, 2010)
Surrealism-inspired sabot says the caption
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Arch-less shoes post Y2K |
Top left - René van den Berg, 2000
Right - Nicola Lawler, 2012 - 2013 -Photograph: Regina Smith Popp
Bottom left - Alexander Wang, 2015