A.K.A. THE HOOKThis invention relates to a shoe heel.According to the invention, a shoe heel includes a tapering stem portion terminating in a curved resiliently displaceable bent-over portion providing a floor-engaging wearing surface.
From: Complete Specification | GB Patent 1,065,931
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1965 - 1966 | Roger Vivier [1]
The Hook heel
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Not the most acclaimed Vivier heel, nonetheless one of the most striking. It was patented in South Africa (September 1965), France (January 1966) and Great Britain (April 1967) by a South African company called Parvitak Limited from Pretoria.
Also worth of note:
"… the bent over portion (of the heel) may be replaceably attached to the stem portion, for example by means of a spigot and socket connection or by being keyed into the stem portion.
From: Complete Specification | GB Patent 1,065,931
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1967 | Parvitak Limited | Shoe Heel
Patent granted in Great Britain April 19, 1967
Source: Google Patents
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The company Parvitak remains shrouded in mystery and it is unclear how the relationship with the shoe designer worked out. On the other hand it wasn't the first time for a "Vivier heel" to be assigned to someone else, the Choc heel being the most noteworthy [2].
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2013 | The Hook Heel at Palais Tokyo
Exhibition Virgule, Etc.
Source: Le Modalogue
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HELLSTORY
1955 | ROGER VIVIER
FOOTNOTES
[1]
The Palais Galliera and the Musée De Arts Décoratifs both date 1964 this Vivier shoe, not too far off. The former called the hook heel "talon escargot".
[2]
The French patent of the Choc heel (1959) is assigned to Christian Dior, while the US patent to Vivier himself.
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1947 | URIC magazine
Forerunner of the Hook heel
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