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Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Oxford and Derby Shoes Have Got Hollywood Wrapped Around Their Laces

Oxford and Derby Shoes Have Got Hollywood Wrapped Around Their Laces

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 ...Read more

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Bass Weejun Penny Loafers Then and Now

Bass Weejun Penny Loafers Then and Now

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 ...Read more

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Chloe Sevigny Wears Bass Classic 50s Saddle Shoes

Chloe Sevigny Wears Bass Classic 50s Saddle Shoes

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 ...Read more

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