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1951 | HERBERT LEVINE | 'ACED LACED' ANKLE STRAP
Lacy and beautiful - our petite feminine ANKLE STRAP SANDALS for spring and summer - by one of America’s foremost designers - Herbert Levine. Fine NYLON LACE to enhance your prettiest costume - formal...
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1958 | STEVEN ARPAD FOR HERBERT LEVINE
THOUSANDS OF RHINESTONES lend brillance to this pair of $ 200 slippers, that are undoubtedly the prettiest shoes to ever waltz through an evening. Slippers like these in such unheard off colours as...
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1957 | BETH & HERBERT LEVINE: A ROSY VIEW WITH ‘ANEMONE’ AND ‘ETCETERA’
1957 | Herbert LevineThe models "Anemone" (center) and "Etcetera" (right)At Winkelman’s | DetroitSource: Detroit Free Press | December 29, 1957EXOTIC BLOOMS BY HERBERT LEVINE Light as a feather and...
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1964 | BETH & HERBERT LEVINE | THE ROLL HEEL
Of course!1964 | Beth & Herbert Levine | On A RollSource: The Miami News | September 28, 1964Unfashionably called SAUSAGE HEEL, it was actually named “On A Roll”, one of the many clever designs...
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THERE'S ALWAYS A SICILIAN SHOEMAKER, SEZ DIZZIE
1936 | Barone’s Shoe Repairing | Madison Shoe Co. | Lester Pincus Shoe Corp.Manhattan: Duane Street - West BroadwaySource: The New York Public LibraryLILIAN TERRY: “… But tell me, how come you played a...
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1962 | THE KABUKI COLLECTION BY BETH & HERBERT LEVINE
Also very special are Beth and Herbert Levine's Kabuki slippers, at The Blum Store ($22.95), made in lush velvets, mounted on unique gold rocker bases, derived from authentic Kabuki dancers' shoes. The...
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1963 | THE GAUCHO HEEL BY BETH & HERBERT LEVINE
1963 | Beth & Herbert LevineThe Gaucho HeelSource: The Tennessean Sun | September 15, 1963Herbert Levine’s stunner: the new Gaucho Heel of hand-carved walnut! It rests beneath the arch, is balanced...
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1967 | THE PAPER SHOE | KATHRYN STOLL PAIGE FOR HERBERT LEVINE
THE PAPER TWIST SHOE:This new at-home fantasy is done in a huge palette of bright coloured, double-faced laminated paper strips twisted into exquisite swirls and multicolour bands which fled above the...
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1969 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WITH HERBERT LEVINE
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WITH HERBERT LEVINE Exotic jaguar spots are stenciled on tawny hair-calfskin for this magnificent stacked-heel pump. A catty and very fashionable way to wild-up basic blacks and...
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1974 | THE MODELS 'INVITATION'&'STRIKE UP THE BAND' | BETH & HERBERT LEVINE
Romantic elegance with just that extra special touch! The crystal-clear vinyl gives a bared look and feel; when it’s midnight, you’ll still be Cinderella in her finery. Herbert Levine advertisement...
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1945 | Henri Bendel presents10 WESTBETH & HERBERT LEVINEI N D E XANDRE PERUGIAD O S S I E RTHE SHOEMAKER FRATTEGIANIFLORENCE1934/1950 | ANDRE PERUGIA ON THE BALLTALON A BOULES1957 | JOSEPHI OF...
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1934 | ANDRE PERUGIA | WIRE METAL HEELS FEATURED ON NEW SHOES BY ARTIST
André Perugia, The Artist. That is. And the photograph here below is from 1934, but published only two years later by Minneapolis’ Star Tribune. The wrong date clashed with our previous researches...
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1933 - 2018 | PHILIP ROTH | IN MEMORIAM
Brooks Brothers | Monk StrapSource: Brooks Brothers“His shoes were beside the bed, cordovans with the strap that pulls across the instep, Brooks Brothers shoes of the kind I’d been wearing since I’d...
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FERRINA BY SALVATORE FERRAGAMO | PART 1
1953 | Ferrina by Salvatore Ferragamo The Gloved ArchSource : The Observer | April 26, 1953CORSET-LIKE I met Salvatore Ferragamo during the week and heard from him that Mr. Bernard Oswell, one of the...
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FERRINA BY SALVATORE FERRAGAMO | PART 2
Ferrina by Salvatore FerragamoAt Kendals | Manchester“FERRINA” SHOES We invite you to inspect our beautiful range of “Ferrina” shoes made in England by British craftsmen under the supervision of Signor...
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1940 - 1950 | COOL COOL RAFFIA | SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
Nice little feet1940 | Salvatore Ferragamo models made with raffiaSource: Grazia magazine July 4, 1940/Sistema Archivistico NazionaleSuccessful Ferragamo models used to be kept in production for years,...
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1951 | THE MODEL POLIA BY SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
1951 | Salvatore Ferragamo at Fortnum & Mason | LondonThe models Polia (below) and “Oxhy”Source: The Observer | London October 14, 1951“POLIA”Black suede court shoe with point de Venice lace collar...
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DONALD E. WESTLAKE GUARANTEES: NOT FOR HUMAN FEET
Ebb Tide Bar And GrillAmsterdam Avenue and 158th Street, N.E. cornerSource: Museum Of The City Of New York“When Andy Kelp walked into the OJ Bar & Grill on Amsterdam Avenue at six in the evening,...
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IN MEMORIAM | ANTHONY BOURDAIN (JUNE 25, 1956 - JUNE 8, 2018)
When referring to themselves collectively, my Mexican carnales like La Raza or La M (pronounced la emaayy), or La Mafia. Externs from culinary school, working for free as a 'learning experience' -...
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1952 | THE GLOVED ARCH BY SALVATORE FERRAGAMO [AKA FERRAGAMO V/S LEVINE]
Look at the “gloved arch”. It’s a spool-heeled masterpiece that hugs the curve of the foot in suede, soles only where it touches the ground; it gloves everything but the short front sole in one...
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