Perugia started the trend of decorating shoes with monograms in the early 20s.
The monograms later became exotic marks.
"On the side of the boot, in a small circle, are written [by Perugia] gold, silver or enameled monograms or, if you prefer, a sentence, a currency. I forgot to say that it is in Egyptian characters."
Art, Gout Et Beaute, Christmas 1925.
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1924 A model by André Perugia decorated with initials
Source: Vogue French Edition
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Parisian actress - and Perugia aficionado - Mistinguett liked the model very much (1926).
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1926 | During the rue st. Honoré shopping week in Paris were two gendarmes praise the
actress Mistinguett amidst a crowd.
Source: Source: Ga Het Na - Society for the Nationaal Archief - Nederland
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1926 | Mistinguett's shoes | Detail
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1926 | André Perugia
Source: Heavenly Soles (Extraordinary Twentieth-Century Shoes - Abbeville Press 1992)
The original caption reads:
Evening shoes by André Perugia, early 1920s with metallic finish and oriental motifs,
probably created to accompany an ensemble by Paul Poiret. (Billyboy, Paris.)
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D O S S I E R
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1927 | Mistinguett For André Perugia
Photograph: ManuelFrères
Source: hPrints
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December 1, 1923 | Mistinguett at work
Source: The Lively Morgue (NY Times)
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ORIGINAL PHOTO CAPTION:
THREE HUNDRE AND TWENTY TIMES ONE PAIR OF FEET: MISTINGUETT,French Actress, Counting Over Her Huge Collection of Boots, Shoes and Slippers in Her Paris Apartment, With Her Mascot, a Little South American monkey, as Referee.
