FOOTWEAR
The latest footwear magazine, from Rondon shows shoes that arc a triumph, from the animal skin-to the finished product. The tendency seems' to: bo two toned footwear, and dark colours still persist, whilst heels are getting higher. The popular colours are browns, beiges and blues, navy, royal and air force blues still being in demand. : The I court shoe is becoming increasingly prominent in the streets as well as in the shoo shops. Heels appear to be getting steadily, higher. Buckles show a tendency to grow larger; especially the cut steel, and steel beaded buckles. Reptile skins are still'in favour. Crocodile is much used for sports shoos, while lizard forms the most popular trim for a kid shoo. . The uso of. calf, akin is. limited. If is found in sport shoes, particularly combined with antelope; The prevailing colours are beige, and again beige, and always beige'in an infinite variety, tending more and more as the season advances to lighter shades. ‘ .
For evening wear an. elaborateness of detail. Sports shoes, all of which seem to bo soled with rubber, ‘moulded in striking designs, that grip thc imagination ’as well as-the ground. - To bo well . dressed-- one- must bo smartly Shod-. ' A
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 15
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201FOOTWEAR Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 15
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