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Christmas 1957
Holiday Dress-ups with the Brown Shoe company
Source: LIFE magazine
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Monday, December 25, 2017
STREAMING CHRISTMAS
Friday, December 22, 2017
1938 - 2017 | ANDRE PERUGIA V/S GIORGIO ARMANI: TO BE OR KNOT TO BE
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1938 | André Perugia for his own brand Padova
Sandal with draped heel
Musée International de la Chaussure, Romans
2017 | Giorgio Armani
Sandal without draped heel
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Sophisticated and elegant, this velvet sandal is ideal for special occasions. The shoe features crossover straps at the front creating a bow.
Source: Giorgio Armani web site
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938 | André Perugia - Padova
Sandal with draped heel
On display at the Footwear Museum of Vigevano. Gift of Yvette Lafaury
Photograph: Irma Vivaldi
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However, Perugia’s sandal main feature wasn’t the knot but the draped heel, as presented by Paris Soir (November 23, 1938):
"Perugia, 2 rue de la Paix, launches the draped heel. This model and all its variations are protected by international patents.”
Two known models of the Perugia “draped heel” are kept at the International Footwear Museum of Vigevano (picture above) and Romans’ Musée International de la Chaussure (top left page).
ANDRE PERUGIA
BOTTIER
I N D E X
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1938 | André Perugia - Padova
Sandal with draped heel
On display at the Footwear Museum of Vigevano. Gift of Yvette Lafaury
Photograph: Irma Vivaldi
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017
1959 | VEGA | VIGEVANO
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1959 | Vega
Vigevano
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 | Vega
Vigevano
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO
PART 1
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1959 | Vega
Vigevano
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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Friday, December 15, 2017
1959 | MARVITT | BOLOGNA
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1959 | Marvitt
By MARio VITTorio Galletti | Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 | Marvitt
By MARio VITTorio Galletti | Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 | Marvitt
By MARio VITTorio Galletti | Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 - 1963 | C.L.A.M.S.
BOLOGNA
1959 | VOGUE
BOLOGNA
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1959 | Marvitt
By MARio VITTorio Galletti | Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
1959 | BRUNO VANNINI | BOLOGNA
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| Bruno Vannini Bologna Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer) |
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| 1959 | Bruno Vannini Bologna Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer) |
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| 1959 | Bruno Vannini Bologna Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer) |
1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO
PART 1
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| 1959 | Bruno Vannini Bologna Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer) |
Friday, December 8, 2017
1959 | VOGUE | BOLOGNA
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1959 | Vogue
Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 | Vogue
Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 | Vogue
Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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1959 - 1963 | C.L.A.M.S.
BOLOGNA
1959 | DESIGNERS AT THE 14TH NATIONAL SHOE FAIR OF VIGEVANO
PART 1
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1959 | Vogue
Bologna
Source: Ente Moda Calzatura Italiana catalog (Spring/Summer)
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
1966 | SEPTEMBER 3 - 11 | 6TH CAMPIONARIA IN FLORENCE [LEATHER GOODS TRADE FAIR]
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3 - 11 September 1966
Florence Leather Goods Trade Fair | Campionaria di Firenze
Source: Export magazine
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A good selection of SS33 shoemakers (Parabiago Footwear District) at the 6th Campionaria in Florence such as Alfiere, Du Barry, Olonia and Castea).
A successful event that attracted the previous year brands from 63 Countries and a grand total of 1.607 exhibitors (700 Italian shoe factories).
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3 - 11 September 1966
Florence Leather Goods Trade Fair | Campionaria di Firenze
Source: Export magazine
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1966 | Creazioni Du Barry
By Stefano Marazzini | Parabiago, Milan
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1966 | Creazioni Du Barry
By Stefano Marazzini | Parabiago, Milan
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1966 | Castea
By Fratelli Castelli
S. Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan
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1966 | Alfiere
By Cozzi & C.
Cerro Maggiore, Milan
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1966 | Olonia
By F.lli Galli
San Vittore Olona, Milan
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SS33
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3 - 11 September 1966
Florence Leather Goods Trade Fair | Campionaria di Firenze
Source: Export magazine
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Monday, December 4, 2017
1956 - 2017 | PAGANS' MIKE HUDSON
“[The Pagans] were all widely read … basically blue collar guys,” Hudson told me during an interview in 2011. “I knew guys driving forklifts who wrote better poetry than David Byrne.”
Mike Hudson (as told by Brian Costello)
Source: LA Weekly (Mike Hudson obituary)
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Source: Anello & Davide
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“During our free time we'd shop for clothes at the local thrift stores or drop acid and head down to the stadium. Our closets began to overflow with garish smoking jackets, transparent plastic raincoats and goofy pastel-leather sports coats. Pointy shoes galore, those made from the skins of endangered species being especially prized. I bought a thirty-year - old black cashmere overcoat that was like brand new for fifteen dollars and considered it a triumph. Still would, if I could find one.”
Mike Hudson
Diary of a Punk (Tuscarora Books, 2008)
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Photograph: Kathy Ward
Source: Family Fare 12" back cover (Glitterhouse, 1990)
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Friday, December 1, 2017
DAVIS SEDARIS | PIGS' PERSONAL TOYS
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Diary No. 74
The Actual Boot (England 1910, unknown photographer, Martin Parr Collection)
Source: David Sedaris - From “David Sedaris Diaries.”
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February 1, 2003 - London
A law went into effect, and starting yesterday every pig in Europe is entitled to a personal toy. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has defined these toys as “manipulable materials,” meaning, basically, anything that can be pushed by a snout. THE GUARDIAN reports that English pigs favor model fire engines, rubber boots, footballs, and chains hung from the ceiling. Failure to comply means a 2,500-pound fine.
David Sedaris
From: “David Sedaris Diaries (Little, Brown and Company, 2017)
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Way Ahead Of Their Time
The Pork Dukes - S/T (A.K.A. Pink Pork)
(Wood Records, 1978)
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