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1927 | André Perugia for I.Miller | detail
The model Gocasse
Source: Hartford Courant | October 12, 1927
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PARIS speaks in very line of this custom-made slipper - in its graceful upward, sweeping curves, exquisite modeling and incomparable perfection of finish … More delightful still, this Perugia original is shown by us at less half its cost in Paris!
I. Miller advertisement
Source: Hartford Courant | October 12, 1927
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1927 | All shoes & handbags by André Perugia
Left-hand corner: Gocasse & matching handbag | Drawing by Charles Martin
Source: Femina magazine
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Monsieur Perugia brought with him a marvellous collections of his own designs, some worth $100 a pair, others more practical and more within the purse limits of the average woman, but all typical of what is going to be worn for fall and winter.
… in the lower left-hand corner you will find a shoe of bronze kidskin with an interesting saddle effect and strap of gold and silver kid. A hand bag to match is shown with this shoe.
Lucy Claire
The Daily Times | July 21, 1927
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1928 | Andrè Perugia for Alpina - Lézard Perlé (Beaded Lizard)
The model Gocasse & matching handbag
Twice the I. Miller price
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VFF (Very Famous Feet)
Andrè Perugia | The model Gocasse | detail
Source: Publifoto
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Publifoto's picture says 1929 - 1930, while another photograph place Josephine Baker, and manager/lover Pepito (Giuseppe Abatino) alongside Le Corbusier on the dock of the cruiser Giulio Cesare en route to San Paulo, Brazil via Montevideo - November 1929.
Anyway, Baker's choice of Perugias was impeccable, but we wonder: where's the matching handbag?.
Anyway, Baker's choice of Perugias was impeccable, but we wonder: where's the matching handbag?.
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November 1929 | Josephine Baker shod in Perugia's Gocasse
On board of the cruiser Giulio Cesare
Source: Publifoto
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ANDRE PERUGIA
BOTTIER DE LUXE
FOOTNOTE
It seems that the only surviving Gocasse model is kept well hidden at Romans’ Musée International de la Chaussure, France.
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Andrè Perugia's Gocasse highlighted
The treasure room at Romans’ Musée International de la Chaussure
Source: Gordana Dimitrijevic
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