Category: Bass

Oxford and Derby Shoes Have Got Hollywood Wrapped Around Their Laces »

By Erika on Feb 27, 2010 in Ashley Greene, Bass, Derby Shoes, Franco Sarto, Kristen Stewart, Leighton Meester, Oxfords, Sam Edelman, Shoe Brands, Shoes.com, Steven by Steve Madden, Taylor Swift, Trotters, Zoe Kravitz | 0 Comments

We’ve already featured quite a number of men’s-adapted-by-women lace-up shoes here on Retrovintageshoes (such as the saddle shoe and the spectator), but the men’s shoe turned women’s shoe that’s really having its moment in the spotlight right now is the oxford / derby.
No less than the hottest and brightest female stars of the young Hollywood [...]

Bass Weejun Penny Loafers Then and Now »

By Erika on Dec 11, 2009 in Bass, James Dean, Loafers, Shoes.com | 1 Comment

Penny loafers, the lace-less, buckle-less slip-on shoes, have been around since the 1930s. They were copied from a shoe style from Norway that were worn mostly by Norwegian fishermen. George Henry Bass of G.H. Bass & Co. Shoe Company picked up this shoe and redesigned it into the classic penny loafer that we now know [...]

Chloe Sevigny Wears Bass Classic 50s Saddle Shoes »

By Erika on Dec 2, 2009 in Bass, Chloe Sevigny, Saddle Shoes, Shoes.com | 1 Comment

If there’s any shoe that can singularly define the 50s, it would be the saddle shoe.

Picture of college coeds wearing saddle shoes with ankle socks
Defined by the contrasting colors of the shoe’s saddle (usually black or dark-colored) from its heel and toe (usually white or light-colored), the 50s saddle shoe has since evolved and is [...]

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