Glamour for Thursday!

I'm not really the 'mad-for-shoes' kind of girly-girl; give me a pair of flat driving shoes or boots and I'm happy....but I do have a love for the glamour of vintage footwear and have amassed a small collection over the years.

I don't actually wear them; besides, ladies from these bygone days were far more petite than many of us are today. Its unbelievable sometimes the tiny proportions of some of these little toe trimming treasures.

I'm particularly fond of the alluring boudoir slippers that turn up occasionally at flea markets and fairs. They offer glimpses at a lifestyle where some women had time to be glamorous and could teeter about on tippy-toes in pastel coloured silk heels....

Salmon pink silk slippers with flower trims from the 30's.

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Magenta velvet ones with sparkly buckle and bow detail from the 50's.

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Shimmery blue satin kitten heeled slippers from America, also perfect for strutting about the 1950's boudoir!

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Floppy velvet flower adorned fabric mules with velvet covered shoe stretchers - lots of shabbiness, but charming!

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A pair of rather matronly (HUGE!) satin slippers from the early part of the C20th. They were made for the 'Army & Navy Stores' in London and are surprisingly large for such an elderly shoe - I can actually fit into these - and very glam I look too! ;-))

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In contrast are these tiny Chinese embroidered silk shoes, also from the early C2oth, which I think are my favourites. The workmanship is exquisite.

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A few other examples include these 'perfect for teetering' sling-backed snakeskin sandals from the 1940's! These are minute too and have the classic 40's heel and small platformed sole.

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An original pair of metallic brocade flapper shoes from the designer Peter Yapp, Sloane St. London, by appointment to H.M. The Queen.

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Victorian boots made from leather and canvas with 14 buttons on each to fasten before leaving the house!

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Extremely narrow white leather wedding boots also from the Victorian era.

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And finally my miniature replica shoe, perfect in every detail. Possibly a salesman's sample, but if you know otherwise, I would love to find out more. It is marked inside 'The Ronert Shoe'.

Have a great day,

Niki x