Five Women Holding Hands | Toni Frissell, Vogue Magazine, August, 1935.
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Every Week Is American Girl Week | Boot And Shoe Recorder, Shoe Ad, December 15th, 1961
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Heels Are In The Open! | Boot And Shoe Recorder, December 1, 1962.
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Luigino Rossi Founder Rossimoda Footwear | Florida, 1972.
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Museo della calzatura Rossimoda
Luigino Rossi founder Rossimoda footwear, Dan Hightower, St. Petersburg Times photographer and Georgette Hightower, Times fashion writer.
With my mother, sister and father at our home in Florida.
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Shoe Sample Photos, Thomas Cort.
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The Problem of Saleswomen | Boot And Shoe Recorder, December 1, 1962.
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Manual S. Gutierrez Inventor | Detachable Shoe Heel 1930.
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While doing research on shoes from the 1930s, I stumbled upon this shoe patent for a detachable heel by Inventor Manual S. Gutierrez. It immediately caught my attention because recently two of my favorite fashion history blogs, The Historialist and Jonathan Walford’s Blog, had related posts on interchangeable heels. What I find interesting is that this patent precedes any of the shoes mentioned in their posts. When I think of the Detachable Heel the Famous I. Miller ad from 1954 comes to mind. It never really seemed like a good idea to me, but the novelty is definitely appealing. As Jonathan Walford mentions in his blog the design is still being reinvented. I would love to know more about Manual S. Gutierrez so stay tuned. I couldn’t find anything when I did a search, but he must exist somewhere.
Source: The Historialist.
Women's Footwear in America 