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Lighter Weight Brogues Now Fad
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1963
Ineesecake is nni alavc
feminine gender. When a man
gets down to the manly arts,
whether it's walking to the of
fice, playing a round of golf or
entertaining at a business lunch,
an audience for his well shod
feet is not lacking. Discriminat
ing women always notice, but
there's much more to it than
that.
These days, when business is
king, it's good business to be
well-groomed, crew-cut top to
wing-tip toe, and it's good mo
rale maintenance to look right
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and know it in every detail
of dress.
To get down to cases, what
should a man know about the
current choices in footwear to
bring about the desired effects?
Classic Form
Brogues are going to town,
literally. In its classic form this
is always a popular type of
shoe for country wear, but due
to a change in pattern and last
treatment, there is now a light
weight brogue eminently suit
able for business wear.
Because one thing eternally
has a way of leading to another,
th growing brogue vogue has
transferred its traditional wing
tip perforations to the laced
oxford.
Plain and moccasin toes will
also be much in oxford evi
dence, as will saddle types, es
pecially for the younger blades.
Here there is increasing inter
est in brown tones with a black
saddle. There is a strong come
back for the rounded Bal (Bal
moral) front oxford, invented
by Victoria's Prince Albert. One
designer shows a dressy oxford
in black calfskin with a one
eyelet tie and a high-riding
tongue, for all the world like
that of a jodhpur boot.
Indeed, highrise patterns as
sert themselves throughout the
men's shoe field. Slipon fronts
rise ever higher with elasticized
front and side gores covered by
the rise or matter-of-factly ex
posed as part of the design.
In general, watch for a move
ment away from extremes in
men's shoes. The very tapered
look has been replacd by a
mor conservative shoe with a
higher cut.
Growing Popular
Brogue and blucher oxfords,
saddles and wingtips are grow
ing in popularity. Crepe and
composition soles are comfort
ing as always, but lighter and
more style-wise and thus more
suitable for town wear.
FOOLS EYE Sturdy half-high
boot in brown leather, a "fool
the eye" design. It only seems
to be a moccasin with spats
tucked in the top; it s really all
one piece.
Handsewn shoes are a success
story all by themselves, so
much so that guantone stitching
and moccasin fronts are impor
tant in machine made footwear
because they add a hand fin
ished look.
Slipons have risen to ankle
bone height for a rugged, al
most - boot appearance. When
sides don't climb high, foreparts
carry out the more shoe feel
ing, with built-up tongues or
higher lacing. There is experi
mentation with novelty toplines,
somewhat like the d'orsay look
in slippers.
Finishes Important
Finishes and colors are im
portant, including combinations
of smooth and grain leathers;
dusty gray and waxy tan or
olive brushed pigskin for casual
wear; fine black calfskin for
more dressy styles; richly
grained cordovans and antiqued
browns for street wear.
In sum, if a man wants some
body, special or otherwise, to
watch his step this 1963-64 sea
son, his shoe salesman can show
him just how to do it.
Hand Stitching
Art Is Renewed
American men's shoe manu
facturers are using so much
hand stitching on the fall and
winter shoes for 1963 that they
are running out of people who
know how to do hand stitching.
The National Shoe institute re
ports that they have been
forced to conduct courses in
the ancient art.
This is a surprising state of
affairs when we consider that
until the year 1850, shoes were
still completely handmade, as
they had been since the dawn of
recorded history. Elias Howe's
invention of the sewing machine
marked the end of hand crafted
shoes.
In fact, the first general
strike in the shoe industry came
about in 1859 because both men
and women shoe workers were
afraid of losing their jobs to the
machine. The opposite hap
pened. The invention of a suc
cession of ingenious machines
gave employment to increasing
numbers of workers, as the
shoes themselves became more
comfortable, attractive and dur
able. The current vogue for hand
sewing in men's shoes pertains
mainly to decoration. Hand
stitching on toes and shanks
gives a special look of quality
no matter what the design.
The pace-setters are light
weight moccasin styles hand-
sewn, of course either in slip
ons or blucher ties but made
of lighter leathers which wear
as well as the heavier ones.
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Small Details in Shoe
Styles Bring Honors
There is a reason why our
young American shoe designers
are walking away with top fash
ion honors here and abroad this
season, according to the Na
tional Shoe institute. The rea
sonrespect for the big impor
tance of the small details in
footwear styling.
Talented American craftsmen
have created elegant, perfectly
balanced footwear that millions
of women will love and live in
this winter. Only American
manufacturers arc equipped for
mass production of intricately
detailed shoes at modest cost.
Every shoe is a composite of
scores of details, some so sub
tle they escape the hasty glance
of the untrained eye, others as
compelling as a distinctive em
erald necklace.
Whether they contribute to
structural soundness, comfort
or visual delight, well fashioned
details make the difference be
tween a good shoe and an ex
cellent one.
Footwear Detail
There are two kinds of foot
wear detail those which are
inseparable parts of the shoe
and those which are added to it.
The first takes in elements
like heels, toes, soles, sides and
backs and fine points of con
struction such as the way a
heel meets a sole or one mate
rial is joined to another.
The other kind of detail com
prises all the finishing touches
that add to balance, comfort
and fashion leadership: lady
like high straight heels or set
back little heels or low, cubed
ovals; oval or spatula or cres
cent toes; shelled-out or pared
away uppers; hi-rise fronts;
U or "V throatlines, cut
outs, scroll overlays, collars, up
front design, straps, imagina
tive color and texture contrasts
To be good, details of con
struction and design must be
expertly integrated into the con
cept of the shoe. A competent
designer thinks simultaneously
of his over-all idea and its ex
pression in minute particulars.
Even details that are added to
the basic structur e like
tongues, ties, braid, jewels-
must harmonize in design and
scale with the silhouette and
body material, which might be
matte, polished, waxed or oily
calf, suede, reptile, or fabrics,
including satin, silk, brocade,
true or false furs.
And both kinds of detail must
Women's House Slippers
Rise in Fashion Import
Time was when a woman had
a pair of felt slippers for winter
wear and some light-weight
nondescripts for summer. That
was "time was." Now it's "time
is" and slippers are as much a
fashion item as shoes.
Take mules. In heels alone
there is wide choice. Low
wedges vie with medium high
for attention while dressy mules
depend on baby Louis or slender
high heels. These last comple
ment a chiffon hostess costume
with wide, floating trouser legs.
Narrow open toes are seen
most often in the flat mules.
Closed, Turkish toes with their
oriental, up-turned points look
altogether with ultra-feminine
elegant negligees and hostess
robes.
In materials, glove-soft leath
ers and supple vinyls in such
new shades as hot pink and
empyrean blue contest the pop
ularity of brocades, metalhcs
and patterned or printed vel
vets. There may be braid or
embroidery trimming, contrast
ing piping, a bright scatter of
jewels.
Scuff Design
For the stretch pants disci
ples, an attractive scuff design
has a concealed heel. Another
scuff with winning ways has a
one-men wedge and a platform
wrapped in gold mylar. Bro
cades are still much in evi
dence; paisley prints and simu
latcd animal furs seem destined
to be the new favorites.
Ballerinas, both flats and low-
heeled, have a perennial place
in the slipper wardrobe, per
haps because Uicy lead a dou
ble life: outdoor-indoor. Here
Women Seeking Jobs
Find Aid in Booklet
Girls and women looking for
employment will find confi
dence-building assistance in a
new, free booklet on grooming,
"The Order of Your Appear
ance," written by Elizabeth Ar-
den especially for the Woman s
Program of the New York State
Department of Commerce.
Among other good advice is
this: "I hope your dress or suit
is dashing but simple; your
gloves spotless; your shoes well
cut and polished. Whatever you
wear, be sure it looks straight
out of the bandbox mended,
cleaned, pressed, fitted.'
again, elasticized materials and
Turkish toes are tops. Materials
and colors run riot; satin, shan
tung, velvet, metallics, nylon
suede in paisley prints, warm
oriental tones, gold and dye-
able white, as well as more
classic colors.
Bout Slippers
Since boots are the big news
in shoes, it follows as the night
the day that boot slippers arc
also news. In unlined glove
leather, in crushed gold or a
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melange of stretch fabrics and
velvets, below - ankle bootees
and ankle height true boots, all
on tapered lasts, will be worn.
For after-ski or real country
wear, phony fur boots will be
at play tiger, zebra and leop
ard cavorting amicably with
pony and poodle and even
pscudo seal.
But the woman who frankly
gets cold feet when the mer
cury plummets need not feel
neglected. The National Shoa
institute promises that fur-lined,
fur - trimmed, plushy, squashy
slippers and bootees will con
tinue to steal their share of the
slipper scene.
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Cinderella Image
In Girl's Shoes
Little girls going to parties
this fall will wear shoes so ex
citing they will feel like minia
ture Cinderellas.
If you look closely, you may
see familiar shell pumps in
black or white patent, but there
will be magic changes throat
lines will be high or square or
deeply V'd. Straps will Tee or
swivel or criss-cross.
Look again. There are patent
slippers in red, loo, and in fairy
tale pink and blue. The materi
al couldy be velvet or crushable
kid, also available in cloud cas
tle colors. The detailing is some
thing special. There are touches
of reptile or fake fur, from leop
ard and zebra to dalmatian,
pony and lamb. Delicate stitch
ings and appliques in contrast
ing colors appear in liliputian
toes. One tiny-tot strapped
pump has its throat edged with
a row of patent embroidery. Al
together a bewitching prospect
for budding ladies.
You see, Dame Fashion was
once a little girl.
.MANY MATERIALS Shown at
the top is a cloth of gold mule.
Middle tier: a trim boot in pale
blue marshmallow vinyl, lined
with fleece and toddler's noodle
bootee in blue plush. Lower
tier: a gold kid stuff with Turk
ish toe; a Kabuki wooden plat
form slipper in black broadtail;
baby blue slipper in pinwale
corduroy; a harem scarcm slip
per in empyrean blue raw silk.
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