Square Heels, Cork Soles
New Shoe Fashions From Paris "Dominion” Special Service —By Air Mail. London, March 5. SQUARE heels Will be fashionable for women’s shoes this season. Secrets of the new shoe fashions have just been revealed at a special display in Paris. Shorter skirts have influenced the designs to a great extent, I learn. The apparent length of the foot has been reduced by rounding the toes of shoes and squaring the heels, which are generally higher. It is claimed that the new shoes are more comfortable and lighter for walking. Some of the new sports shoes have extremely thick soles, made of cork for lightness. Heels on this type of shoe are also square. Black shoes will be unfashionable unless relieved by bright colours. Blue and “grenat” (pomegranate red) with pipings and trimmings of contrasting colours —usually red, green, orange or yellow—will be seen everywhere. Kid is the latest material for evening shoes. It may be green, red, gold or, as in the case of one very striking pair shown, very pale blueNot only heels, but soles are high in some models, and Parislennes look rather like Chinese women as they pick their why across the streets. Large buckles and high-fitting shoes are other important trends.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 152, 24 March 1938, Page 5
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