NEWEST SHOES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1931, Page 13

NEWEST SHOES

MARVELS OF FRAGILITY

Shoes to match the bowler hat are fashion's newest idea, states the "Daily Mail." The tilt of the hat. is followed by jaunty bows set on one side of the shoe, the bow ends being shaped like the feather mount with which most of these hats are trimmed. Dull-surfaced kid and blue glace are the favoured materials and colour. - Most of the new shoes for dance and evening wear consist simply of straps and soles, so that practically the whole of the foot is revealed. The heels are, in many cases, three and four inches, high. Some of these shoes have; a very ornate appearance, diamante, being used to cover entirely the sti'aps and the heels. . ,''..' ': ..' Semi-precious stones ark aW6 being used for shoes to accompany the new bustle and crinoline frocks. A pair de: signed for wearing, with a white taffeta dress, patterned with rosebuds, have uppers of diamante alternating with rose quartz On the same material as the. dress. , '' "Women designers are realising that shoes must be more, decorative to. fit in; with the ultra-feminine fashions, of the; coming-winter,?' a shoe'manufacturer: stated. ''Consequently, we are makingmodels that are a marvel of fragility.?';