STYLES IN SHOES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20202, 12 January 1934, Page 9

STYLES IN SHOES.

Black, Brown and Navy Blue. The importance given to the hemline by the designers this season gives a fresh interest to footwear. With the focus concentrating at the floor, shoes are much in the limelight. The three principal colours this season for daytime wear will be black, brown and navy-blue. There will be no attempt to copy the colour of frocks beyond these three main hues. The vogue for herringbone and striped effects in the wintertweeds finds an echo in some of the most popular shoes. They are seamed and stitched in diagonal lines, and just as the herringbone slants give slimness to a portly figure, so does this diagonal treatment of shoes lend slenderness and grace to a short square foot. They are vastly becoming, and will undoubtedly have a large following. Walking shoes will mostly be of the Court shape, but some of the new models show straps, fastened with novel buckles. Buttons for shoe straps have vanished. The newest heels are of featherweight leather in a straight shape that is a cross between a Cuban heel and a stilt heel. They are set slightly under the foot, which may not be so comfortable, but is undoubtedly elegant. Brown pingrain sealskin makes delightful shoes, made with a brogued trimming showing a light underlay. Sealskin is going to be popular this season, and it has both beauty and durability to recommend it. Evening shoes are a little more substantial than last season. They are not quite so deeply cut away at the back, but are still fairly epen in front. For wet days there is a jolly little rubber foothold for town wear that is of the sketchiest possible nature, yet quite adequate to its task. For really dirty weather the new snowbeots are good. They are cut on neat and slimming lines, with zipp fasteners to simplify getting them on and off.