Wednesday, September 30, 2015

TBAMFW 10.2 | THE BLACK BOOTS EDITION PT. 3

Duo Ab Glas
Betsie oh Betsie / Hou je nog van mij ? 7" (Park, 1970)
The Netherlands
Source: 45 Cat

Like the stiletto, the boot appeal to everyone: 60s/70s pop fads, fake rockers, egomaniac pop stars and cult bands alike.


Dorthe Kollo
Mini Hot Pants 7" (Philips, 1971)
Århus, Denmark

Cherrie Currie
Beauty's Only Skin Deep (Mercury, 1975)
Photograph: Lorrie Sullivan
Los Angeles

Willie Alexander & The Confessions
A Girl Like You (New Rose, 1982)
Photograph: Carrie Branovan
Boston

VS
Magnetic Heart / Leather Complex 7" (Monkey Records, 1980)
San Francisco

Madonna
Crazy For You 7" (Sire/Warner, 1991)
Photograph: Jean Baptiste Mondino

Tori Amos
Legs And Boots: Boise, ID - November 30, 2007 (digital only)
Epic

The Front
Man, You Gotta Move LP (Scheming Intelligentsia Records, 1985)
San Diego

No Hope For The Kids
Das Reich 7" (Backwards Masking, 2003)
Copenaghen

The Flaming Lips
Heady Nuggs The First Five Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002 -  6XLP (Warner Bros. Records, 2011)
Oklahoma City

The Cool Jerks
Cleaned A Lot Of Plates In Memphis (SFTRI, 2002)
Cover design: Bonnie Lau
Memphis

Gore Gore Girls
Get The Gore LP/CD (Bloodshot Records, 2007)
Cover design: Markus Greiner
Detroit


TBAMFW # 10 | THE BLACK BOOTS

TBAMFW #10.1 | THE BLACK BOOTS

THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING


Poster: IRON LUNG
in Gainesville, Saturday 3/23/13
Source: Prank Records




WORTH OF NOTE

No Hope For The Kids: short lived band from Denmark. Fast, driving and tuneful punk-rock.

The Front: San Diego's almost forgotten heroes. "Man, You Gotta Move", their only album, is a bit uneven but brilliant moments shine through. Somewhere between Mad Parade and Red Rockers.

Gore Gore Girls: such a brilliant name! Grand guignol go go girls. Detroit garage-punk queens.

Willie Alexander: Boston's rock & roll legend.

VS: featuring the late Olga De Volga (vox/bass) of The Lewd fame. 

The Cool Jerks: brilliant short lived band with Jack Oblivian backed by members from The Neckbones. Memphis R&R tradition at its finest.

Monday, September 28, 2015

1970 | THE BOOT MADE IN ITALY

1970 | Calzaturificio Di Varese
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Calzaturificio Di Varese
Source: unknown

1970 | Bruno Magli | Bologna
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Bruno Magli | Bologna
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Vaccari | Bologna | Leather by Marco Italiana, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Marco Italiana, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Morlacchi | Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Titano | Designed by Salvatore Deodato | Cerro Maggiore, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1970 | Nettuno by Ettore Gandolfi | Vigevano
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1870s | ABOUT BOOTS
BY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT


1970 | Milena by Fratelli Nebuloni | Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

Sunday, September 27, 2015

1870s | ABOUT BOOTS BY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

1860-69 | Silk Evening Boots (French)

BOOTS. In summer heat, never omit allusions to policemen's boots or postmen's shoes (permissible only in the country, in the open). Boots are the only elegant footgear. 
Gustav Flaubert
Dictionary Of Accepted Ideas (1911, compiled 1870's)

STIVALI. Quando fa molto caldo, non dimenticare mai le allusioni agli stivali dei gendarmi oppure alle scarpe dei fattori (è permesso soltanto in campagna, all'aria aperta). Soltanto con gli stivali si è ben calzati. 
Gustav Flaubert
Dizionario Dei Luoghi Comuni (1911, scritto intorno al 1870)


1870-79 | Side-button Boots

Thursday, September 24, 2015

1972 | ITALO COLOMBO | PARABIAGO, MILAN

1972 | Italo Colombo
Parabiago, Milan

1972 | Italo Colombo
Parabiago, Milan

1972 | Italo Colombo
Parabiago, Milan

1972 | Italo Colombo
Parabiago, Milan


ITALO COLOMBO
MADE IN ITALO

ITALO COLOMBO
PARABIAGO, MILAN
I N D E X



1972 | Italo Colombo
Parabiago, Milan


FOOTNOTE

The stiletto heel above was famously snubbed by Ars Sutoria magazine:

"Are the spike heels back? ITALO COLOMBO present them again for the Guarnera collection, like it was fifteen years ago"

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

CA. 1963 | ERCO AT THE DUTCH LEATHER & SHOE MUSEUM

Another jewel from the extensive collection of Italian shoes at the Dutch Leather & Shoe Museum. Once again courtesy of DL&S's curator/PR Inge Specht-den Boer.


CA. 1963
Chaussures ERCO | Modele Charles (handwritten on the sole)
Courtesy of Inge Specht-den Boer | Dutch Leather & Shoe Museum


HISTORY OF THE SHOEMAKER ERCO
With the help of Carla Comelli (Erco founder Gildo Comelli's daughter)
PART 1 | PART 2


ERCO | Vigevano
I N D E X

ITALIAN SHOES AT THE DUTCH LEATHER & SHOE MUSEUM
Celestino's
Valerio Cavalca (Alexander Nicolette)


Sunday, September 20, 2015

1973 | CASTEA | SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO | MILAN | PART 1

1973 | Castea | Parabiago, Milan
Source: Ars Sutoria

1973 | Castea | Parabiago, Milan
Source: Ars Sutoria

CASTEA
I N D E X

1973 | CASTEA
ZEPPE/PLATFORMS | PART 2

1973
ZEPPE (A.K.A. PLATFORMS):I WISH THEY WOULD GO AWAY
PART 1 | PART 2



1973 | Castea | Parabiago, Milan
Source: Ars Sutoria

Thursday, September 17, 2015

1962 | NO STILETTOS PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH

March 31st, 1962 | Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

The proverbial small prints at the bottom of the poster:

By Council Regulation: no Teddy Boy suits. Ladies please bring a change of shoes as stiletto heels are not allowed.

A bureaucrat telling youth what to wear: nonsense. No wonder the mini-skirt was less than two years away.


1962 | The Beatles plus The Rebel Rousers appearing at the
Subsciption Room, Stroud, Gloucherstershire


These Boots
Are Made For
Walking
[Shoes & Music]

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

SMART FOOTWEAR FOR THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS: PARADISE BOOTERY | A NEW YORK LANDMARK

Paradise Bootery: a Times Square shoe store, it's clientele and the inner workings of the shoe trade with the help of writer/musician Josh Alan Friedman and photographer Roberta Bayley.


Paradise Bootery | 1586 Broadway N.Y.C.
Established 1938 | Closed 2009

Sunday, September 13, 2015

1972 | PALAZZO PITTI SHOWCASE | FLORENCE

January 8, 1972 | Palazzo Pitti
Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence
Fontana Ballin

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence
Sergio Rossi

1972 | Palazzo Pitti | Florence
Unknown - 12 centimeters inches

Friday, September 11, 2015

2011 | MARTINIANO LOPEZ CROZET | THE GLOVE SHOE

Amid legions of copycats disguised as shoe designers, every once in a while someone shows up unafraid to wear his influences up on his sleeves.

Enter Martiniano Lopez Crozet from Argentina and his glove shoe.


2011 | Martiniano Lopez Crozet
Bootie
Source: Martiniano


This photo here below inspired my glove shoe in 2011. It’s a sock shoe from the middle ages and since the shoes I make are made of kid leather I decided to call them “glove shoes” instead of “sock shoes". 
Martiniano Lopez Crozet


XII Century | Philip Of France shoe
Source: Histoire Du La Chaussure by Paul Lacroix
(Adolphe Delahays Libraire-Editeur, Paris 1862)

2011 | Martiniano Lopez Crozet
Glove
Source: Martiniano

2011 | Martiniano Lopez Crozet
Gold and black kid leather 
Source: Martiniano



Footnote

The multitalented Martiniano was also half of performance art duo Los Super Elegantes with Milena Muzquiz.

I was told my shoes (on the cover) are vintage cricket shoes when I bought them at the Camden Market in London. Not sure what the fabric is, it seems thinner than canvas but sturdy still. Milena's shoes are Gucci.  
Martiniano Lopez Crozet


Los Super Elegantes
Nothing Really Matters CD EP (Eureka/PIAS - 2007)
Cover by Young Chung
Source: Discogs



Martiniano online

http://martinianolopezcrozet.tumblr.com/
http://instagram.com/martinianoshoes
http://www.lossuperelegantes.com/