Modern Shoes that Pass for Period

[Mrs. Goblin]

What do you think of these:
www.6pm.com/n/p?p=7200597



Do they look like shoes that could pass as Regency?

[dawnluckham]

These look more "Chinese" to me than Indian or "Turkish". Christy, what year are you looking for? The toe changes between 1790-1825.

[Mme de Beaufort]

Khussa Shoes, man. Beachcombers

[Mrs. Goblin]

dawnluckham said:

These look more "Chinese" to me than Indian or "Turkish". Christy, what year are you looking for? The toe changes between 1790-1825.

Well, for me, shoes are the hardest things for me to make, so if I find a shoe that fits within period, it's easier to work an outfit around a purchased pair of shoes than to try to find shoes after the fact. Trouble is, I really haven't done much research into period shoes, and was wondering if anyone else had and could point me towards some primary source or other good research on the subject.

I've got a couple pairs of khussas already. ;D

[dawnluckham]

Shoes during the Regency Period:

Okay, I’m going to stretch this a little into the 18th century. During most of the FASHIONABLE 18th century, shoes with heels and shoe buckles were worn. I capped the “fashionable” because there is a reason we refer to “well heeled society”. I meant those who were wealthy enough to wear heeled shoes. The common working person wore flat, practical working shoes. Even the flat shoe, had buckles if they could be afforded.

Most of these images are from the LACMA site.

So shoes c. 1770 looked like this:



The next decade the heel narrowed:



And then the shoe became flat. Note that the shoe buckle is gone. These are all about 1800:







Into the 18-teens (maybe a little earlier) the toe begins round:



Then the toes begin to square in the 1820’s:



The square toe holds out for decades and they continue to wear square toes past the mid century although aspects of the heel continue to change.

[Mme de Beaufort]

What a helpful progression. Nice examples. Thanks Dawn!

[cosmoblue]

Dawn do you think that you could post this same info on the shoes shoes shoes thread so that we can keep all the research info on that thread.

[dawnluckham]

Not easily Cosmo. I'd have to re-write the whole thing and re-insert the images. I'm not that clever to do it quickly and easily.

[LadyGeremia]

I wonder if any of these shoes from Walmart could be "modified" into regency style shoes by adding some other type of silk cloth and embellishements. At under $10 a pair, it may be worth a shot.

i.walmart.com/i/p/00/74/19/85/93/0074198593944_500X500.jpg

i.walmart.com/i/p/00/74/19/85/93/0074198593168_215X215.jpg

[Mme de Beaufort]

I know I've said it before, but I cannot stop telling people about Indian Khussa shoes.

I have these two pairs:
tinyurl.com/25cba3
tinyurl.com/38dblj

They have hardly any padding, and you have to size up at least one-size, but once they form to your feet, they're awesome.

[Lady Serendipity]

admin said:

I know I've said it before, but I cannot stop telling people about Indian Khussa shoes.

I have these two pairs:
tinyurl.com/25cba3
tinyurl.com/38dblj

They have hardly any padding, and you have to size up at least one-size, but once they form to your feet, they're awesome.

Why do you have to buy UP a size? Because they *don't* have padding, and the way they're designed, it seems like you'd want them to fit very snuggly, so they'd stay on.

Or do they just run that small?

[Mme de Beaufort]

They do run small. At least a half-size.