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1961 | Figini | Varese 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Figini | Varese 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Italo Colombo | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | VibelSport | Cerro Maggiore 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Rancir | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Artia Marangoni 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Artia Marangoni 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Fantini 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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Long gone Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Footwear At The 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Castea | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Oldani | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Leda | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | M. Colombo 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Moroni | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Moroni | Parabiago 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1961 | Miami's | Lomazzo, Como 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1959 | Columbia by Luigi Selmo |
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1959 | Columbia by Luigi Selmo Source: Catalogue of the Parabiaho Footwear Exhibition |
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1961 | Columbia by Luigi Selmo Showcased at the 38th Milan's Trade Fair |
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1980 | Simon Cutts | Winter Fruit Letterpress Print On Paper Source: TATE |
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1979 | Joe Tilson | Proscinemi, Delphi Photograph, colour, on paper on etching and aquatint on paper Source: TATE |
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1979 | Joe Tilson | Proscinemi, Olympia Photograph, colour, on paper on etching and aquatint on paper Source: TATE |
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1946 | The order of the Boot Drawing by John Collins Source: McCord Museum | Montreal |
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January 17, 1942 - June 3, 2016 Muhammad Ali A.K.A. Cassius Clay boxing shoes Source: Zimbio |
“Everyone predicted that Sonny Liston would destroy me. And he was scary. But it’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. I was confident I could whup him. So what I did was, I studied his style, I trained hard, and I watched Liston outside the ring.I went to his training camp and tried to understand what went on inside his head, so later on I could mess with his mind. And all the time, I was talking, talking. That way, I figured Liston would get so mad that, when the fight came, he’d try to kill me and forget everything he knew about boxing.”Muhammad Ali A.K.A. Cassius ClayFrom: Muhammad Ali His Life And Times (Open Road, 1991)
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Detail: boxing shoe signed by Muhammad Ali Source: GoldinAuctions |
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1978 | The Greatest VS Superman DC Comics |
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Albion Florence |
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1961 | Albion Florence |
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1967 | Piccini (Handbag) | Florence Golden Street (Shoes) | Colonnata, Carrara |
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1967 | Menin Fossò, Venice |
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1967 | Menin Fossò, Venice |
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1967 | Castioni Milan |
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1967 | Donini Casalecchio, Bologna |
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1967 | Piccini Florence |
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Mondial Vetrina | Milan Shoe Window Accesories |
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1963 | Shoe window detail Display by Mondial Vetrina | Milan Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine |
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1963 | Shoe window detail Display by Mondial Vetrina | Milan Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine |
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1963 | Shoe window Display by Mondial Vetrina | Milan Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine |
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1961 | Shoe window Display by Mondial Vetrina | Milan Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine |
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1963 | Mondial Vetrina | Milan Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine |
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1963 | Displays by Mondial Vetrina | Milan The "Swedish series" Source: Calzature Italiane di Lusso magazine |
THE COBBLERA democracy of honest workmen, it may be, resists the idea that doing one kind of labor deserves more exaltation and excuses more self-indulgence than doing another kind. The shoemaker, for example, doesn’t get moony and mock-heroic about pounding out his shapely, intricate product, and doesn’t ask to be especially praised for sticking to his last.
Yet shoes are more plainly useful than books. We all have chosen, in submission to the passions of childhood and accidents of adulthood, lasts to stick to, and the trade of writer is, with its unstructured hours, opportunities for self-expression, and possible rich rewards, sufficiently attractive so that there are far more applicants than positions available.
John Updike
Odd Jobs (Knopf, 1991)
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1877 | Frank Duveneck The Cobbler's Apprentice | Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati Source: Wikipedia |
Jokingly I called my collection "Discodramatic". Disco because of the 80's disco-music references; and dramatic because, in a way, it is almost up there with the theatre.
Giuseppe Zanotti | WebModa November 7, 2008We're in-between Bowie and the Sex Pistols, midway glam-rock theatrics and punk-rock grit.
Giuseppe Zanotti | Corriere della Sera daily | February 24, 2013Try to imagine how my ideal woman lives is the most important thing. I was in Miami for a job and I found myself poolside at the Miami Edition Hotel: I saw gorgeous Ralph Lauren-style women elegantly strolling toward the bar or swimming in the pool. And I told myself "So, they really do exist". It was a revelation. My SS16 collection is for them.
Nicolò Beretta (Giannico) | Cosmopolitan July 20, 2015
Nowadays even a strong iconic personality like Kim Kardashian could be considered my muse.
Nicolò Beretta (Giannico) | Cosmopolitan July 20, 2015
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2011 | Tim Parsley (in partnership with Carter and The Taft Museum of Art) The Cobbler's Apprentice Plays Ball Source: Art Works Cincinnati |
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1958 | Primus by Primo Berra San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan Source: Archivio Centrale dello Stato |
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1961 | Primus by Primo Berra San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1959 | André Perugia for I.Miller The French Look Source: The Philadelphia Enquirer |
Encore.
The French Look designed by André Perugia for I.Miller!By request the fabulous ovalling we introduced to the world for Spring on a new high heel. Here on the left in black patent, beige, light blue, navy, red, green, or violet silk with matching lustred calf. On the right, the high heeled spectator in polished black, Spring Tonic or blue calf. 32,95 each. Matched handbags priced from 26,95 to 37,50. Among the pleasures of the season atI.Miller
Source: The Philadelphia Enquirer | March 1959
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1959 | I. Miller Presents: The French Look Last by André Perugia Source: hprints |
Original caption:
Diamond shape open vamp of pump with flattened oval toe. In blond calf at I.Miller
Source: The New York Times | March 1, 1959
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1959 | Drawings by Andy Warhol | New Shoe Opening Highlighted: I. Miller by Perugia (uncredited) Source: The New York Times |
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1976/1977 | Allen Jones | No Title From Ways And Means | Screenprint on Paper Source: TATE |
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1976/1977 | Allen Jones | No Title From Ways And Means | Screenprint on Paper Source: TATE |
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1976/1977 | Allen Jones | No Title From Ways And Means | Screenprint on Paper Source: TATE |
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1976/1977 | Allen Jones | No Title From Ways And Means | Screenprint on Paper Source: TATE |
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Ca. 1940 | A Sibley's window display | Rochester Source: Rochester Subway |
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1927 - 1929 | Franklin Simon Display Window | Fifth Avenue, NY Designed by Norman Bel Geddes Source: Harry Ramson Center (The University Of Texas at Austin) |
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Shoe Window with Radio at Fligelman's (Late 1920s - early 1930's) Source: Helena History |
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1952 | Surreal Shoe | Detail Source: Unknown Italian Weekly magazine |
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1950 | Picasso Shoes Source: Corriere d'Informazione | March 1950 |
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Inspired by Picasso, these sandals were manufactured by a well known (and undisclosed) Parisian artisan.
Corriere D'Informazione | March 1950
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1952 | Surreal Shoe Source: Unknown Italian Weekly magazine |
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1961 | Astrum by Munaretto & Golinelli Vigevano |
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1961 | Astrum by Munaretto & Golinelli Vigevano |
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1961 | Astrum by Munaretto & Golinelli Vigevano |
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1961 | Astrum by Munaretto & Golinelli Vigevano |
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1961 | Astrum by Munaretto & Golinelli Vigevano |
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1993 | Graziano Spinosi Diane Arbus Shoes | Iron sheet, life-size Source: Graziano Spinosi |
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1993 | Graziano Spinosi Artemisia Gentileschi Shoes | Barbed wire, life-size Source: Graziano Spinosi |
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1994 | Graziano Spinosi Le Corbusier Shoe | Reinforced concrete, life-size Source: Graziano Spinosi |
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1999 | Graziano Spinosi Saffo Shoes | Rattan, life-size Source: Graziano Spinosi |
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For All Court Games 1947 | Jack Purcell's Badminton Shoe by B.F. Goodrich |
Jack Purcell, 84, said in an interview from his Toronto home that the sturdy sneaker was revolutionary at a time when "blisters and sore heels and turned ankles were the order of the day.""It's almost identical to what it was back in the '30s," said Purcell, a semi-retired stockbroker who first won the world badminton championship in 1932. "Basically it was a soundly engineered product right from the start. It's still a very comfortable item," he added. "I'm wearing a pair right now."
The Recorder (Greenfield, Mass)August 30, 1988
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1955 | Detail of a legend Photograph: Phil Stern |
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Jack Purcell | P.F. Flyers by B.F. Goodrich Source: Good Closet |
The PF in our name stands for that extra help: Posture Foundation. And only PF Flyers have it. The posture Foundation is a rigid rubber wedge built inside each heel. It helps a kid to carry himself correctly, by shifting his body weight to the outside of each foot. So, his weight is better distributed over each foot.
From a P. F. Flyers ad (May, 1970)
My present arch is designed to adapt itself to the sensitive area referred to while still continuing to effect a supporting and rotating action upon the general arch of the foot. The principal object of my invention is therefore an improved arch supporter for use in tennis shoes, leather shoes and like forms of footwear.
Hyman L. Whitman
(From the patent description - June 1932)
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1933 | Hyman L. Whitman Filed june 22, 1932 | Granted December 5, 1933 Source: Google Patents |
1972, NEW YORK | B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY QUITS SHOE MANUFACTUREThe B.F. Goodrich Company announced Tuesday that it would stop manufacturing and marketing footwear — an estimated $100 million a year business. Goodrich is a major American producer of rubber and canvas footwear under the P.F Flyers brand for athletic sneakers and golf shoes, the Jack Purcell Brand for tennis sneakers and the Bootinos brand for vinyl women's boots. According to trade sources, the footwear division accounted for about 10 per cent of the big tire and rubber and producer's volume last year.
New York Times News Service | April 5, 1972
By the end of the decade (1970s), Converse was selling just 50,000 Jack Purcells a year, and doing no promotion for the shoe. Then the company's tennis marketing manager, walking in Harvard Square two years ago, spotted a 1955 poster of James Dean looking vaguely beat generation as he lounged on a movie set in chinos and T-shirt.
"Lo and behold, he had on a pair of Jack Purcells," said Lou Nagy, Converse's marketing communications director. The company this year shaped a $500,000 advertising campaign around the poster, promoting the Jack Purcell in magazines such as Esquire, GQ and The New Yorker.
The Recorder (Greenfield, Mass)August 30, 1988
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1955 | James Dean (Left, hidden) Magnum photographer Djion Mili Photograph: Phil Stern |
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1989 | The legend exploited Source: eBay |
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1955 | James Dean relaxing and wearing Purcells In the background, senior Magnun photographer Djion Mili (center) and his apprentice Dennis Stock (left) Photograph: Phil Stern |
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January 1940 Jack Purcell (1903 - 1991) as seen in LIFE magazine Source: LIFE |
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1962 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1962 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1962 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1962 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1962 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1963 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
The outstanding feature of this shoe made by MOLASCHI is the treatment given to the upper. The leather is pleated and - before lasting - glued on an elastic material by means of a unique process. This gives the shoe an original look and ensures the best fit combining fashion with comfort.
Ars Sutoria magazine | #61, 1963
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1963 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
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1963 | Molaschi San Lorenzo di Parabiago, Milan |
