Fashions in Shoes

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 10

Fashions in Shoes

IV the evidence on view at the thirtyfifth International Shoe and Leather Fair, in England, in October is lo be believed, the women, for. instance, may not be wearing shoes at all in the next few mouths. They may lie turning—.or rather, returning —-to boots, writes a London correspondent. With Regency days as their inspiration, their feet will be shod in little "bootees," with three and four-inch heels (compared with a two-inch maximum last year), and plentifully laced up the front (" Corset iore " is the correct term.)

The "bo.otees" are of various colors and shapes. There are also evening shoes made of spun glass (besides gold and' silver kid and lame). The glass looks exactly like twisted thread, but when you touch it you realise that this is the stuff that windows are made of. The evening shoes are cut to the most meagre of skeleton patterns. For next summer there are sandals which, even more than the evening shoes, appear to have been "dieting." Just a bare minimum of sole and strap suffice to suggest the sandal.

Such streamlined footwear may cause the feminine foot to drop arid spread. However, these dread possibilities are guarded against in the winter wear by "built-in" arch supports. The foot goes into training, so to say, in the winter for the laxities of summer. And, incidentally, if you do not like high heels, there are plenty of very low ones —as low as threequarters of an inch if necessary.