Old or New?
Posted on December 25th, 2009 by trainingheels under GeneralEuropean shoes circa 1890? Or modern shoes in a Carroll Gardens store?
Modern shoes in a Carroll Gardens store! So why do they then remind me so much of these 1890 European shoes?
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December 25th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I love the tiny spurs on the old shoes. Too funny.
December 25th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Haha the description sure is interesting.
-meream
December 26th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Oohhhh, Cydwoq shoes and boots are my favorites!!! I’d recognize that first boot anywhere! I love their unclassifiable look–very funky and arty. Plus, they’re really well-made. I have bought many a Cydwoq pair from Ped Shoes (http://www.pedshoes.com). Who’s the ShoeBlog writer who loves Steampunk fashion? She should definitely jump on the Cydwoq bandwagon!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
That would be a couple of us. Thanks Scarlet! My next post is actually about Cydwoq!
December 28th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Scarlet,
I know T-heels is liking Steampunk and it is definitely being reflected a bit in recent mainstream fashion. I actually only ran into the term over the last 2 years & but it fairly well describes my already existing clothing style & certain costuming tendencies (though I am much lower key than many of the really mechanical types in the scene) as well as my love of alternate-history fiction. So, while I only heard it called steampunk a hair before the main press started to become aware of the term (I was looking for vintage welding goggles for use as sunglasses at the time), it was like looking in a mirror & thinking ‘that feels like me’. I assume the mainstream fashion aspects will be short-lived, but will not complain if it allows me to buy a piece or two on the cheap instead of crafting it from scratch – more time to tackle the terrifying challenge that is making a scratch corset. The fashion trend side of this will eventually peak & be replaced by something else, as fashion moves onto another new darling, and the arts & craft centered steam adherents will go back to doing their own thing again after the current publicity dies down.
Anyway, I’m keeping on a low-frills budget for the next 9 months (hey, it used to be 18!) & can’t look at anything ’til then. Maybe I’ll stop by Ped shoes online in the fall
The date for next year’s steam-con (@ Seattle) has been set & will be in 2 hotels this time to accommodate more guests. Since I am playing the budget game, I will just have to shop in my closet from my current selection of leather granny boots & make myself some outfits from my generous fabric stash (1/4 of my wardrobe is occupied by tubs of fabric acquired over a period of 20 years, so it’s not just shoes that are a bit of an obsession).
December 29th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Looks amazing and stylish. Do you agree with fashion icons saying that leathers back?
December 29th, 2009 at 10:49 am
One thing we are seeing is a resurgence of skin-tight legwear fashions – denim, leggings, stirrup pants & stretch boots. Leather tends to work well with the skin-tight trends (especially on the young or fit), so leather versions are probably not far behind. Plus, leathers are always ‘in’ in the motorcycle community, so some things are always there in the background & come to the fashion surface on a semi-regular basis.
Leather shoes, due to their breathability are never really out (for all that many have an interest in Vegan shoe lines).
Leather boots? Well, the current awareness & borrowing of fringe fashion scenes (Goth, carnival, Gothic Lolita, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Punk, Rock, fetish) would seem to encourage this. Many of these scenes embrace leather materials in clothing or footwear. Plus, runways seem obsessed recently with looking ‘edgy’ or ‘tough’. Leather is a visual shorthand in fashion that often equals both edgy & tough.