Monday, May 30, 2016

::: U P D A T E S :::

1980 | Simon Cutts | Winter Fruit
Letterpress Print On Paper
Source: TATE


1934/1950 | ANDRE PERUGIA ON THE BALL
TALON A BOULES

1935 | RENÉ MAGRITTE & FRIENDS
LE MODÈLE ROUGE/THE RED MODEL

2001 | WOODY ALLEN | THE CURSE OF THE FLORSHEIM SHOE

THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING #2
FOOTWEAR ON RECORD JACKETS

1969 |  BOLOGNA & FIGLI
RICCIONE

1970 | BOL DOR
SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO, MILAN

1971 | SS33 EN VOGUE
CELESTINO'S & FRATELLI NEBULONI

LOBB'S | CERRO MAGGIORE, MILAN
INDEX

INTRODUCING
BRUNIS | VIGEVANO

ANSELMO RONCHETTI AND NAPOLEON
PART 3



1979 | Joe Tilson | Proscinemi, Olympia
Photograph, colour, on paper on etching and aquatint on paper
Source: TATE

SHOES & ART
1825 - 2009



1979 | Joe Tilson | Proscinemi, Delphi
Photograph, colour, on paper on etching and aquatint on paper
Source: TATE

Saturday, May 28, 2016

COLUMBIA BY LUIGI SELMO | PARABIAGO, MILAN

1959 | Columbia by Luigi Selmo
Source: Catalogue of the Parabiago Footwear Exhibition


The COLUMBIA brand was patented by Luigi Selmo at the provincial office of the Corporazioni of Milan (Fascist-era Chamber of Commerce) in February 1938.

In late 50s and early 60s Luigi Selmo was among the exhibitors at the Parabiago Footwear Exhibition and Milan Trade Fairs.


Il marchio dell’azienda COLUMBIA di Luigi Selmo fu depositato all’ufficio provinciale delle Corporazioni di Milano (la Camera di Commercio del periodo fascista) nel febbraio 1938. 

A fine anni ’50 e nei primi anni ’60 partecipò alla Rassegna della Calzatura di Parabiago e alle esposizioni del settore calzaturiero presso la Fiera di Milano.



1959 | Columbia by Luigi Selmo
Source: Catalogue of the Parabiaho Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Columbia by Luigi Selmo
Showcased at the 38th Milan's Trade Fair

Thursday, May 26, 2016

1961 | FOOTWEAR AT THE 38TH MILAN'S TRADE FAIR | PART 2

1961 | Footwear
At The 38th Milan's Trade Fair

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

1961 | FOOTWEAR AT THE 38TH MILAN'S TRADE FAIR | PART 1

1961 | Figini | Varese
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | Figini | Varese
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | Italo Colombo | Parabiago
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | VibelSport | Cerro Maggiore
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | Rancir | Parabiago
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | Artia Marangoni
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | Artia Marangoni
38th Milan's Trade Fair

1961 | Fantini
38th Milan's Trade Fair


1961 | FOOTWEAR
AT THE 38TH MILAN'S TRADE FAIR | PART 2


Long gone
Milan's Trade Fair

Sunday, May 22, 2016

1877 | THE INDEPENDENT SHOE-BLACK

LONG and uneven war has been waged for many years between the various members of the shoe-blacking fraternity. The factions that divide those who look to our boots for a mode of livelihood are wonderfully numerous. There are boys who maintain that no able-bodied man should seek to clean boots, that this work should be monopolized by children. 
Others, on the contrary, urge that the street should be free to all, and that if an able-bodied man chooses to devote himself to the art of blacking boots, as a free British subject, he has a right to follow this or any other calling, however humble it may be. 
John Thompson & Adolphe Smith
From: Street life in London. Victorian London Street Life In Historic Photographs

1877 | The Independent Shoe Black | Street Life In London | Detail
Photograph: John Thompson

The independent boot-black must be always on the move, carrying his box on his shoulders, and only putting it down when he has secured a customer. Even then, I have known cases of policemen who have interfered, and one actually kicked the box away from a gentleman’s foot, while he was in the act of having his boots cleaned. 
John Thompson & Adolphe Smith
From: Street life in London. Victorian London Street Life In Historic Photographs


1877 | The Independent Shoe Black | Street Life In London
Photograph: John Thompson


SHINING
SHOE-BLACKS A.K.A. SHOE POLISHERS APLENTY



FOOTNOTES

The photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used the 'Woodburytype' process patented in 1864 for the images in Street Life in London, including this photograph. This was a type of photomechanical reproduction using pigmented gelatin, usually of a rich purple-brown colour. The process was complicated but remained popular until about 1900 because of the high quality and permanence of the finished images.

Source: Victoria & Albert Museum


Street Life In London
Dodo Press Edition, 2009
A Sherlock Holmes novel
published in Russia



Friday, May 20, 2016

A SHOE, A SIGNATURE, THE ADDRESS: PUCCIO'S SHOP - TURIN

1967 | Agostino Puccio shoes
Source: Oscar Awards Catalogue by the International Footwear Academy of Turin.


Left abandoned for fifteen years after the wartime bombing, the future Puccio footwear store had hosted a number of activities (millinery, barber etc.). Agostino Puccio remodeled it to make it his own shoe store in Via Santa Teresa, Turin. The store dates back to 1885 (wooden entrance included) and is now listed as one of the historic Turin's shops.

Il negozio di calzature Puccio in via S.Teresa a Torino è classificato fra i negozi storici torinesi, dal momento che le sue origini e l‘ingresso in legno risalgono addirittura al 1885. All’epoca era un negozio di cappelli. La configurazione attuale risale al 1961 e all’attività di Agostino Puccio, che lo ristrutturò dopo una quindicina di anni di abbandono dovuto ai danneggiamenti provocati dai bombardamenti in tempo di guerra. 


1971 | Puccio's ad
"A shoe, a signature, an address"
Source: Oscar Awards Catalogue by the International Footwear Academy of Turin.

1966 | Agostino Puccio at his desk
On the right edge of the desk can be seen the 1965 award given to Puccio by the International 
Footwear Academy of Turin.
Source: Oscar Awards Catalogue by the International Footwear Academy of Turin.

1961 | Puccio shoe store, Turin
Source: Oscar Awards Catalogue by the International Footwear Academy of Turin.
1961 | Puccio shoe store, Turin
Source: Oscar Awards Catalogue by the International Footwear Academy of Turin.


... AND THE WINNERS ARE ... | IT'S TURIN NOT HOLLYWOOD
THE HISTORY BEHIND THE FOOTWEAR OSCAR

SOURCE: MUSEO TORINO (Italian Only)



1966 | Agostino Puccio in his shoe store, Turin
Source: Oscar Awards Catalogue by the International Footwear Academy of Turin.


Wednesday, May 18, 2016

1961 | MOLASCHI | SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO, MILAN

1961 | Molaschi
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

1961 | Molaschi
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

1961 | Molaschi
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

1961 | Molaschi
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

1961 | Molaschi
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

MOLASCHI
San Lorenzo di Parabiago
I N D E X



1961 | Molaschi | detail
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

Monday, May 16, 2016

1971 - 1973 | BRUNIS BY BRUNO BARBAVARA | VIGEVANO

Bruno Barbavara
Brunis Shoe factory | Vigevano

1971 | Brunis by Bruno Barbavara, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria
  
1972 | Brunis by Bruno Barbavara, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria

1972 | Brunis by Bruno Barbavara, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria


Introducing
BRUNIS | Vigevano

1950 - 1959 | Brunis
Shape Evolution

1955 | Brunis
W/Pirelli Coria Soles



1973 | Brunis by Bruno Barbavara, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria

Saturday, May 14, 2016

CA. 1926 | WILLIAM H. JOHNSON | SHOES

CA. 1926 | William H. Johnson | Shoes
Pencil On Paper

CA. 1926 | William H. Johnson | Shoes
Pencil On Paper


SHOES & ART
1832 - 2009



CA. 1926 | William H. Johnson | Shoes
Pencil On Paper

Thursday, May 12, 2016

1950 - 1959 | BRUNIS SHOE FACTORY | VIGEVANO

1950 | Brunis, Vigevano
Source: Vigevano Footwear Fair catalogue


No more wedges and wartime's thick soles: in 1950 shoes began to lighten although designs remained bulky with decorations and weaves to make footwear more graceful. 

Within a few years, Vigevano was the engine of a transformation in footwear’s shapes with the contribution of many shoemakers like Brunis' owner Bruno Barbavara. In the mid 50s the stiletto heel was born, lines began to narrow and toes got longer.

These models by Brunis of Vigevano range from the 1950 up to 1959 and well represent this transformation. 



1950 | Brunis, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria

1950 | Brunis, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria

1950 | Brunis, Vigevano
Source: Ars Sutoria


Late 1950s | Brunis, Vigevano
Photo: P. Omodeo Salé
Source: "Calzatura - Documenti Di Fotografia Dagli Anni '50 Agli Anni '70"

Late 1950s | Brunis, Vigevano
Photo: P. Omodeo Salé
Source: "Calzatura - Documenti Di Fotografia Dagli Anni '50 Agli Anni '70"


Introducing
Brunis | Vigevano

1955 | Brunis
W/Pirelli Coria Soles

1971 - 1973
Brunis | Vigevano



1959 | Brunis and Dainesi designs
Source: Vigevano Footwear Fair catalogue

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

1961 | PARABIAGO FOOTWEAR AT THE XV BOLOGNA EXHIBITION

1961 | Amboldi | Nerviano
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

Parabiago footwear highlights at the XV Fashion Footwear held at Bologna's Palazzo del Podestà, March 11 - 19, 1961.


1961 | Esperia | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Italo Colombo | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Laila | S. Vittore Olona
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Lidia | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Oldani | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Oldani | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition

1961 | Rancir | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition


1970 | PARABIAGO FOOTWEAR
FOTO SHOE MAGAZINE EDITORIAL

PROJECT SS33
THE PARABIAGO FOOTWEAR DATABASE



1961 | TE.DE.VE. | Parabiago
XV Bologna Fashion Footwear Exhibition