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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1955)
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Air of Feminine Elegance Characterizes New in Shoe Fashions for Spring Wednesday, March 16, 195S Open and Closed Toes Prominent In New Designs Both sides are winning in the open-and-closed battle of shoe fashions for this spring and sum mer. Most women are going to buy both. The open shoes are so pretty, so flattering, so seduc tive, let us say, that they are quite irresistible. And lots of women haven't even worn them yet. They are far from being out of the picture. However, there is a trend to ward a slight modification of the extremely naked look, an ap pearance of a little more shoe without in any way detracting from the delicacy of the pattern. Sometimes it's a closed back, sometimes a vamp which covers the toes but is open up in a pret ty pattern above it. Sometimes closed toe, with just a halter strap to keep he shoe in place. There is also a slight indication of moving away from the very wide toe opening, or putting the opening on an asymmetric line which is still airy and graceful but hints at a little more shoe. Slings, graceful fluid lines and T-strap sandals are the big fa vorites in open shoes, but in many the extremely wide toe opening has been modified. On the Right Foot The backless shoe refuses to be downed. In fact it is more popular than ever. The little magic gadget which makes the shoe cling to the fo8t has en the daring backless fashion. As couraged a lot of women to try a matter of fact, it's extremely smart and sophisticated on the right foot at the hight time with the right costume. Otherwise, the less said the better. The bareback is both tailored and dressy. Black patent is a favorite in the town backless shoe, suitable for wear with suits of silk or the fine linen weave worsteds. The front may be simply crossed bands or nar row patent strippings knotted to form the vamp, but the effect is that of an elegant town shoe in the mood of the current sea son. For dressier wear, draped or pleated kidskin, metaliics, pat ent or suede take graceful lines , in the new sandals or pumps 'GLASS SLIPPER Gay Spring enticement, a "glass slipper" sling pump of clear vinylite over the toes, and a sparkling Iucite flower-designed heel. (By Palter DeLiso). ' the height of feminine charm with afternoon or cocktail dresses. Sometimes these dress maker shoes are just a matter of line and manipulation. In other cases they add a touch of deco ration in buckle, bow or jew elled ornament. In closed shoes the pump on slim and elegant lines is still the Easter shoe par excellence. With heels slimmer, more Not pointed. Delicately tapered, curved. There's a bit of perfora tion on many of the pumps. Sometimes a flat buckle. Some times an underlay of contrast ing leather which suggests a buckle without interfering with some instances a rising line, the clean line of the vamp. In square, curved or point on the instep suggested by the court shoes worn by the ladies of Versailles. Beautifully Taored The spectator pump is beauti fully tailored this spring and is usually all in one color, with polished leathers or reptile pre ferred. It may be in black, brown, deep or lighter navy or in the new scarlet red or one of the lovely new softer browns. These are really high fashion. They have new names Milk Chocolate, Coffee Frost, Pen uche names as tempting as the luscious colors themselves. They're divine with spring tweeds in light tones, and hand some foils for some of the dark er town colors. Here too are discreet touches of decoration. Perforations around the collar, a narrow tailored strap and buckle right across the vamp. Something new, different, sophisticated which makes the Spring '55 spectator a high fashion shoe and a far cry from the brown-and-whites and black-and-whites of other days. There are some combinations in spectators, but they are news too. Two colors combine, but they're different, more subtle. Two materials combine one of the muted spring shades perhaps in suede or reptile, with tip and fox of exactly matching polished leather. Of course, when it comes to summer and resort shoes, the sky is the limit. Let your purse and your imagination be your guide. As little shoe as you want, as -long as it stays on your foot. A chance to try all sorts of new things in colors, in materials, in patterns. The very sight of a case filled with these delectable trifles is enough to make any woman throw caution . to the wind. These are shoes that make a costume shoes that are conver- g& I I V o 11 I U. Seymour Troy lights up the season... keyed-up-colors In gleaming calf Staccato! They're looking at you ! Bright, happy, new high colors in magnificently styled shoes. Troy design. Troylings price. Come soon and see them al!. royliiics srvtrosr A. Blu with White Pip ing. Blue and Scarlet Red Black Patent, Blue and Scarlet Red. t z2 VJ Matching Bags! tyofattttot and Steouwtt 8gfi THE CORNER SHOE STORE Central at Main Medford Low Heel, High Style In Shoes Aid Posture Shoe designers have really caught on for this Spring. Per haps it's the new lengthened torso silhouette that did it. A girl just can's teeter and tilt on spikes with these suave and ele gant costume lines. Whatever the reason, instead of tip-tilted noses at medium heels we now have the smartest of new designs, with just as much high - style thinking and know-how as ever went into the most extreme of the formal town shoes. What a relief to have pretty feet and able to walk with ease and grace at one and the same time. And there's a choice for every taste and every costume. The closed pump is a. leader in this modified heel division because every woman wants at least one pump for her spring town costume. Instead of look ing clumsy on the lower heel, it Designers Make Much of Prints Designer shoes are making much of prints for both spring and summer shoes and some of them are most exciting. News is a grey and white tweed print in pure silk. In a slim pump bound with black patent it's an elegant suit shoe indeed. Another favorite with one house is a white surah silk spat tered with little bright red roses in place of the polka dots which have become a classic. A navy silk with a fine thread tracery of royal blue is again the thing for a navy town cos tume, and a cotton print splash ed all over with a flower print in red shading to pink, is perfect with a cabana or cocktail dress as the weather gets warmer. Raw silks, both plain and pat terned are leaders. These include linen-like weaves, tussahs, and shantungs, particularly good in off-whites, naturals and pale beiges. Twills, crepes and taf fetas are dressier and will be worn earlier in pumps or sandals with the silk suits and coats which promise to be one of the biggest Easter fashions. Not news, but still popular are the linens, piques, denims and hopsaking weaves plains, em broidered, pale, dark or bright add gaiety and spark to the summer shoe picture. sation pieces. That stamp you as a woman in-the-know. Colors may be pale as mist or a burst of brilliance flame, hot orange, hot pink, royal purple. The off-whites are cool, sleek, sophisticated. There are wonder ful exotic prints, crochets, straws, embroidered labrics viny lites" and nylon laces. In fact, anything goes in the "New in Shoes" for Spring '55. has a slim, sleek graceful look of great elegance, due to the tapering of the toe, the slim ming of the heel. Practically every one has a distinctive touch of detailing, delicate, never intrusive. Typi cal, a town pump of black, blue or chestnut brown polished leather, the top delicately etched with stitching on either side of a fine pintucked row. Another in smooth calf with matching me dium heel has contrasting luster trim around the throat, and a string vamp bow. Patent is very important in the picture of the lower heel town pump. It's slightly dressier than the polished leathers, will go with silks as well as wools. The shaped slender heel com plements the narrow slender look of the vamp. Most effective for Easter, the black patent pump with topline of white grosgrain, tied in a tiny pert bow at the back. Really dressed up, the medium heel patent leather sandal, in modified, T strap or open halter design, open toe, with touch of decoration, perhaps a flat rib bon bow, or a square or oval patent buckle with a sparkle of white nailheads to match crisp white glace gloves. Black patent also combines with white suede in some new spectators that are smart in deed. Heel, quarter and tip of black patent low cut sides and vamp of white suede with over lapping rows of perforations for tailored trim. Something for the new black and white tweeds and suitings that are headliners this season. Luster Leathers Give New Look for Shoes There'll be lots of navy shoes this season. There always are, come Easter. But luster leathers give a completely new style look to navy footwear. Lights up the classic coat or suit of navy silk or wool, and adds a pretty femi nine touch to the paler colors, the neutrals and pastels which are appearing in spring tweeds and worsteds. Thus the navy shoe moves from a staple to an appealing fashion in line with the most colorful season we have had in years. It prolongs the life of the shoe too. Because these blue lusters, when made in the smart open patterns of sandal or pump can carry forward into summer, no longer restricted to just the Easter season. Typical of summer styles in navy luster are such nude types as a three-banded mule, back less of course, with high heel, instep band, and two circlets making the vamp. Light enough in design to wear with any sum mer frock. Charming, too, a T strap sandal, open toe, sides and Flowers Trim Smart New Shoes for Spring Right from sunny California came the first rage for flower trims. Starting with flats and casuals, in fabrics and woven straws and straw cloths, their freshness and young look quick ly caught on until the vogue for flower trims is nation wide. It isn't restricted to casuals any more. Some of the prettiest party shoes, particularly the open sandal types, and a cluster of blossoms on the vamp for that new feminine look. Some of the blossom trims are really wonderful delicate cer amic blossoms in Dresden blues and pinks with gleaming green leaves. Some are made all of jewels rhinestones, fake sap phires and emeralds for dazzle. Pearl-finished blossoms match the shoe, pick up the new luster tints. A far cry from these exquisite trifles, but just as smart in their place, are the flowers in the new hot colors, made of felt, exotic straws or what have you, in the blazjng hot tones of orange, vio let, pink or Oriental yellow. Sometimes it's just a single huge blossom planted on a wide open patio or cabana backless sandall in linen, canvas, cottons or straws. Use Tribune Want Ads SHOE DESIGNS A pin-stripe pattern for spring on screen printed leather, top photo, fea tures open toes and a sling back louis heel. The center photo shows the Italian inspired black magic in a gleaming satin eve ning pump whose slim tapered heel is threaded with rhinestones and a tear-dorp pearl. 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