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The spectator shoe, also known as co-respondent shoe, is a style of low-heeled, oxford, semi-brogue or full brogue constructed from two contrasting colours, typically having the toe and heel cap and sometimes the lace panels in a darker colour than the main body of the shoe. [ 1][ 2][ 3] This style of shoe dates from the nineteenth century but ...
Ruby slippers. The ruby slippers are a pair of magical shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film The Wizard of Oz. Because of their iconic stature, [ 1] they are among the most valuable items of film memorabilia. [ 2] Several pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown.
Lad, a Rough Collie made famous by three of the novels, including Lad, A Dog, written by owner Albert Payson Terhune. Marley, a yellow Labrador Retriever, was featured in the memoir Marley and Me. [149] Rin Tin Tin, the famous dog actor who had films written for him and who was the subject of the 2007 film Finding Rin Tin Tin.
Isadora Duncan performing barefoot during her 1915–1918 American tour. This is a list of notable barefooters, real and fictional; notable people who are known for going barefoot as a part of their public image, and whose barefoot appearance was consistently reported by media or other reliable sources, or depicted in works of fiction dedicated to them.
Oxford shoe. An Oxford shoe is characterized by shoelace eyelets tabs that are attached under the vamp, [ 1] a feature termed "closed lacing". [ 2] This contrasts with Derbys, or bluchers, which have shoelace eyelets attached to the top of the vamp. [ 3] Originally, Oxfords were plain, formal shoes, made of leather, but they evolved into a ...
John Fluevog (born May 15, 1948) [ 1] is a Canadian shoe designer and businessperson. [ 2][ 3] In 1970, he and a co-worker Peter Fox began their own shoe store in Vancouver. The shoes are described as "progressive, art deco " inspired. The company claims that the shoes are designed in Vancouver, and manufactured in Portugal, Brazil, Peru, China ...
Shoe designers have described a very large number of shoe styles, including the following: Leather ballet shoes, with feet shown in fifth position. A cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden shoe in one piece, which has been used particularly by the peasants of Cantabria, northern Spain.
Mule (shoe) A pair of heeled mules. Mule is a style of shoe that has no back or constraint around the foot's heel. Mules have a history going back to Ancient Rome but were not popularly worn until sixteenth-century Europe. [citation needed] There, mules were bedroom slippers and not worn in public. Through the centuries, mules have changed in ...