Saturday, July 30, 2016

SS33 U P D A T E S

1956 | Umberto Colombo
Parabiago, Milan
Third Parabiago Footwear Fair catalog


MORLACCHI | PARABIAGO, MILAN
1965
1968

LA FLESSIBILE | PARABIAGO, MILAN
1966 | PART 1

COLETTE | PARABIAGO, MILAN
1967
1968
1969 | PART 1

SIRTORI | SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO, MILAN
1966

JAQUELINE | PARABIAGO, MILAN
1967

MOLASCHI | PARABIAGO, MILAN
1970

INTRODUCING
CELESTINO'S

CELESTINO'S
THE BOOT WIZARD
PART 1 | PART 2

CELESTINO'S
1970 | ITALIAN CELEB & KNICKERBOCKER BOOTS

1970 | GIVE 'EM THE BOOT
[NOT] GENUINE LEATHER


1956 | Olimpio by Attilio Meriggi
Parabiago, Milan
Third Parabiago Footwear Fair catalog

1956 | Shirley by Giuseppe Re Sarto
Parabiago, Milan
Third Parabiago Footwear Fair catalog

1956 | Manola by Tanzi & Taverna
Parabiago, Milan
Third Parabiago Footwear Fair catalog

1956 | C. Galli | Packaging
Parabiago, Milan
Third Parabiago Footwear Fair catalog



Thursday, July 28, 2016

1964 | LA BELLA CALZATURA | SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO, MILAN

1964 | La Bella Calzatura by Pietro Bertoglio
S. Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

1964 | La Bella Calzatura by Pietro Bertoglio
S. Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan


LA BELLA CALZATURA
SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO
I N D E X



1964 | La Bella Calzatura by Pietro Bertoglio
S. Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

1962 | LA BELLA CALZATURA | SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO, MILAN

1962 | La Bella Calzatura by Pietro Bertoglio
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

1962 | La Bella Calzatura by Pietro Bertoglio
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan


LA BELLA CALZATURA
SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO
I N D E X



1962 | La Bella Calzatura by Pietro Bertoglio
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan

Sunday, July 24, 2016

1964 | LAMPERTI | PARABIAGO, MILAN

1964 | Lamperti
Parabiago, Milan

1964 | Lamperti
Parabiago, Milan

1964 | Lamperti
Parabiago, Milan

1964 | Lamperti
Parabiago, Milan

Friday, July 22, 2016

1969 | VITO LATTUADA (LA FLESSIBILE/COLETTE) | PART 2

1969 | Vito Lattuada
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1969 | Vito Lattuada
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1969 | Vito Lattuada
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine


1969 | VITO LATTUADA
COLETTE'S EARLY DAZE | PART 1

COLETTE/LA FLESSIBILE
PARABIAGO, MILAN
I N D E X



1969 | Vito Lattuada
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

1961 | CELESTINO COLOMBO FOR GRAZIA & MAGIC STYLE

1961 | Designed by Celestino Colombo for
Fulvio Rapizzi's GRAZIA | Parabiago, Milan

1961 | Designed by Celestino Colombo for
Fulvio Rapizzi's GRAZIA | Parabiago, Milan

1961 | Designed by Celestino Colombo for
MAGIC STYLE | (Unknown)

1961 | Designed by Celestino Colombo for
MAGIC STYLE | (Unknown)


CELESTINO'S
PARABIAGO, MILAN
I N D E X



1961 | Designed by Celestino Colombo for
MAGIC STYLE | (Unknown)

Monday, July 18, 2016

1967 | SIRTORI | S. VITTORE OLONA, MILAN

1966 | SIRTORI
San Vittore Olona, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1966 | SIRTORI
San Vittore Olona, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1966 | SIRTORI
San Vittore Olona, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1966 | SIRTORI
San Vittore Olona, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine


1966 | SIRTORI
SAN VITTORE OLONA, MILAN

SS 33 DATABASE
THE PARABIAGO FOOTWEAR DISTRICT [AND VICINITY]
A WORK IN PROGRESS




1966 | SIRTORI
San Vittore Olona, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

Sunday, July 17, 2016

1938 - 2016 | IN MEMORIAM SUICIDE'S ALAN VEGA


I first heard of Suicide about ten years ago, though they were probably hanging out together formulating this for a good while before that … they played the Mercer Arts Center with the New York Dolls and all the glitter bands like Magic Tramps and Ruby And The Rednecks a couple of years later, but they were never really a glitter group any more than the Velvets or the Stooges were. 
Lester Bangs
The Sound Of NYC, 1981
(From the liner notes of Suicide's 1/2 Alive, ROIR, 1981)

August 3, 1973
The crashing down of The Mercer Arts Center
Source: Narratively

Alan Vega was wearing ripped black leather jackets with chains and razor-blades and all that long before it became fashionable, and all you have to do is take a gander at all these worthless synthesizer-art bands around now to realize both how far ahead of his time Martin Rev's approach to keyboards was, and how much more soul he's always had. It's just a real shame Suicide got so little of the credit for what others turned into piddle. 
Lester Bangs
The Sound Of NYC, 1981
(From the liner notes of 1/2 Alive, ROIR, 1981)

1971 | Punk music by
SUICIDE (Alan Vega + Martin Rev) at NY's Crawdaddy


What is this all about? How come I don't write fiction? All I know is my life and my perspective. This is all about the airports, the stages and the lonely boxes I live in. Rentals, temporary alliances, border to border. Life pounds me, I pound life. The critics don't know because they don't venture out.
To quote Alan Vega, "What do the poets know? 
Henry Rollins
(From: Smile, yo'Re Travelling - 2.13.61 Publications, 2000)

They used to say that “Frankie Teardrop” is the song that Lou Reed wished he had done. 
Alan Vega, 2004
(From: The Heebie Jeebies At CBGB's - Chicago Review Press, 2006)



June 23, 1938 – July 16, 2016
Alan Vega
born Boruch Alan Bermowitz
Source: ZE Records



Alan Vega passed peacefully in his sleep last night, July 16. He was 78 years of age.
(HERE the rest of the press release and Rollins' Vega tribute)

When I first saw Alan Vega and Suicide, I pulled out my 007 knife and palmed it behind my wrist. To be frank, I was a little worried. If Iggy had created a Frankenstein, it was Alan Vega. When Alan jumped into the sparse audience, it was a bit too much for me. I didn’t know what was going to happen. He’s a very serious performer. 
Dee Dee Ramone
[From: Poison Heart. Surviving The Ramones - Fire Fly, 1997)

Saturday, July 16, 2016

1966 | E. MORLACCHI | PARABIAGO, MILAN

1966 | E. Morlacchi
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine


1966 | E. Morlacchi
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine


E. MORLACCHI
Parabiago, Milan
I N D E X



1966 | E. Morlacchi
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

Thursday, July 14, 2016

1966 | COLETTE'S EARLY DAZE | LA FLESSIBILE | PART 2

1966 | Creazioni Lattuada (La Flessibile)
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1966 | Creazioni Lattuada (La Flessibile)
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1966 | Creazioni Lattuada (La Flessibile)
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

1966 | Creazioni Lattuada (La Flessibile)
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine


COLETTE | LA FLESSIBILE
PARABIAGO, MILAN
INDEX

1966 | LA FLESSIBILE
PART 1



1966 | Creazioni Lattuada (La Flessibile)
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

1962 | AMBOLDI & FIGLI | NERVIANO, MILAN

1962 | Amboldi & Figli
Nerviano, Milan

1962 | Amboldi & Figli
Nerviano, Milan

1962 | Amboldi & Figli
Nerviano, Milan

1962 | Amboldi & Figli
Nerviano, Milan


1956 | Amboldi & Figli
Nerviano, Milan

1961 | Amboldi & Figli
At The XV Bologna Footwear Exhibition




1962 | Amboldi & Figli
Nerviano, Milan

Sunday, July 10, 2016

1926 | GENUINE NEW ZIPPERS FROM B.F. GOODRICH

1926 | B.F. Goodrich's Zippers
On And Off In A Flash


My chief object is to provide an improved continuos fastener shoe having a neat and comfortable fit notwithstanding variations of shape as to the feet or ankles of individual wearers. A further object is to provide against the entrance of moisture, while attaining the first stated object. Another object is to provide an economical method of forming and assembling the fastener and associated shoe parts, whereby a shoe having the advantages described may be obtained. 
John R. Gammeter (Akron, Ohio)
Assignor to the B.F. Goodrich Company
(From the patent description)


1927 | John R. Gammeler
Filed May 13, 1924 - Granted June 14, 1927
Source: Google Patents

1926 | B.F. Goodrich



1935 | JACK PURCELL BADMINTON SHOES
FROM B.F. GOODRICH

MORE ON B.F. GOODRICH ZIPPERS
AT WITNESS2FASHION




1928 | Smart New Zippers
From B.F. Goodrich
Source: ebay

Friday, July 8, 2016

1966 | CASTEA | SAN LORENZO DI PARABIAGO, MILAN

1966 | CASTEA by Rino Castelli
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine


CASTEA
San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan
I N D E X



1966 | CASTEA by Rino Castelli
Parabiago, Milan
Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine