OSTRICH-SKIN SHOES.
Ostrich skin and that of the sea-* leopard figure among the latest shoe novelties. '.:
Ostrich skin is very iiard -wearing and is similar to crocodlie in appearance-
It is tanned like other skins, and , can be, obtained only in a brown shade. It is made into smart brogues as well as a lighter variety of one-bar shoe.
Sea-leopards are lound off the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and Patagonia and in the Antarctic Seas. The skin has black markings on a fawn ground. The price quoted for shoes in this , skin' -in-the West End was 485, ; ostrich-skin models being 10s more. Both types of shoe will withstand wet weather, 'and, besides 'being are very good style. The combination of; two leathers' appears on many walking shoes, lizard or python skin most frequently being one of the two, generally forming the trimming rather than the shoe itself. Lizard on bois-de-rose kid is particularly smart. Naturally, black footwear is mudi in demand at the moment.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16712, 30 January 1926, Page 13 (Supplement)
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165OSTRICH-SKIN SHOES. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16712, 30 January 1926, Page 13 (Supplement)
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