Friday, November 10, 2017

1955 | MIND YOU: PAPPAGALLOS ONLY FOR SYLVIA

1960 | Pappagallo ad by Reba Sochis
Source: PrintMag

“Had a lovely time last night at playreading of “King Lear” being wicked Regan in gothic-spired turrets of St. John’s College. 
PS: could you please get me a pair of RED pappagallo ballet shoes (7M) as soon as possible, before I leave on vacation. I think Wilbar’s has them. You can tell them by the striped red & white inside. Don’t take a reasonable facsimile! Only the gen-you-ine article!” 
Sylvia Plath - November 7, 1955
The Letters of Sylvia Plath Volume 1 (Harper Collins, 2017)

A LOT OF MONEY ON SHOES
FEAT. SYLVIA PLATH
Care for the striped red & white inside
1955 | Pappagallo shoes at John Wanamaker

Pappagallo shoes
& Frenchies miracle pumps at Wilbar's
Boston