GENEALOGY ON HEELS FROM 5 - DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIODS

2008

THE 7K Louboutin HEEL - Limited Edition

Christian Louboutin heel

Louboutin created 36 of these queenly heels inspired by the great Marie Antoinette. The shoe is an open-toe platform high heel in satin, embroidered with colorful beads by the house of Jean-Francois Lesage, edged with a ruffling of chiffon and velvet.

1970's

Womens Go-Go Boots

forest green

patent vinyl go-go boot

with 3 inch heel.

knee high

with inside zipper opening.

1960's

Pointy Toe

Black Veleteen Shoes

with Bow and Gold Accent

Narrow Mid Heel Pumps

by Life Stride

1960's
Mod Pumps

1940's

Wedge heels were first invented by distinguished shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo in 1937

He sewed together the corks of wine bottles to make a heel. The idea behind his invention was functionality. A pair of wedges raised the heel and gave both, the heel and the arch of the foot support.

The heels were chunky while the upper part varied depending on whether it was a formal or casual pair of shoes. Peep toes and large embellishments were quite popular with formal shoes and lower heels with thick straps and buckles were good for walking.
By the 1950s, after wartime, wedge heels went out of style but came back in the 1970s. And today they are back again

1940
Swing shoes.
Platforms are huge and they are so sexy
Made with a coppery metallic rope like Leather inside and ankle straps

1920's

Sexy ankle boot in two-toned black and white. Fondly called the Gangster boot, but also has 1920's style with its perforated detail. Lace-up front and side zipper. Comfortable heel and front platform. In Black & White patent. 1 1/2" platform, 5" heel.

1920

Black silk and gold metallic lame shoes

2 1/2 inch heels, and ribbon ties

HISTORICAL DRAPED & TAILORED GARMENTS

KILT


The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century.


It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.


Though the Scottish kilt is most often worn mainly on formal occasions or at Highland Games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal, and formal, male clothing in recent years.

20th century: a Persian Zoroastrian woman’s costume

Mid to late 19th Century - 1850 to 1900

This pants pattern is made from an actual salesman's sample dated after 1853. The buckle for the back cinch comes with the pattern

Worn during the Wild West - Gold and Silver Rushes - Pioneers - Civil War Civilians

Ladies' Reform Dress - Cowboy and Cowgirl - or Victorian

Handkerchief Garments
In the late 19th century free Swahili women commonly sewed together six imported Portuguese handkerchiefs to make a garment. The border design on these handkerchiefs inspired the border design of kanga.

THE SAREE

A sari / saree is the traditional female garment in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine metres in length, which can be draped in various styles. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff. The sari is usually worn over a petticoat (pavada/pavadai in the south india, and shaya in eastern India), with a blouse known as a choli or ravika forming the upper garment.

This is a Buddhist priest of 1890
He is wearing a monk’s stole, called kesa (袈裟) made of sumptuous silk brocade. Kesa are draped over one shoulder and under the opposite arm in order to wrap it around the body. They are believed to resemble a garment made for Buddha by his mother. Of a simple rectangular form, they have barely changed since Buddhism was first introduced in Japan during the sixth century.