Sunday, October 30, 2016

1973 | WINDOW SHOPPING AT LONDON'S MADRID SHOES



1973 | Madrid Shoes shopfront
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé


Madrid Shoes was a brand established in 1972 in the U.K. by a consortium of fifteen Spanish shoe companies. It was aimed to exploit the booming youth market with chunky platforms at reasonable prices. By 1973 they already opened two stores in London and committed to an ambitious roll-out program signing along the way upcoming Dutch designer Jan Jansen.



1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé

1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé

1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé

1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé

1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé

1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé

1973 LONDON
Meanwhile, in King's Road and Kensington High Street ..

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1973 | Madrid Shoes
London, Brompton Road
Photograph: Pierluigi Omodeo Salé