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January 3, 1939
Mcallen Daily Press
Mcallen, Hidalgo County, Texas
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New York fashion preview forecasts 1939 spring shoe styles with open heels and toes, lower and novelty heels, platform soles in tailored shoes, various leathers and colors like admiralty blue and baby cherry, emphasizing bolder designs and sandals.
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Spring Shoe Styles To Feature Open Heels, Toes
NEW YORK, Jan 3 -(INS) - Feminine heels will be exposed to the balmy April breezes and open-toed shoes will be terrific. This forecast for femme shoes was made today from a preview of 1939 styles.
Back-straps and open heels will be featured in most of the spring shoes and the toe openings will be slightly smaller than in previous seasons.
Closed toes shoes have a definite toe interest a modern touch that takes away the old-fashioned look from the closed toe. This toe interest will be given by walled toes, square toes or flat bow trimmings, and anything that tends to shorten the vamp will be important. Flat bows and an illusion of smallness to the shoes and will be widely used.
Designers have concentrated on heels for the spring season and low heels are assuming a character that never existed before.
Trend Toward Lower Heels
There is a definite trend toward lower heels as they have become vastly more interesting.
New novelty heels also have been created, including, one extending almost to the sole of the shoe; another, a medium height wedge-shaped heel with a circular opening in the center: also the five-cornered geometric heel and the built up leather heel featured in tailored models. Saddle stitching trims the geometric heel in tailored shoes and is also important when used as a toe interest on closed-toe models.
Platform soles are going out, but they will still be important in low-heel and tailored-type shoes.
Tailored Shoe Trimmings
A wine platform and wine flat bows are used as trimming on blue tailored shoes. One design features a double-deck platform shoe the platform sole extending from the heel to the toe with the space under the arch left open. This shoe is definitely "high style", and is not expected to be widely worn.
Dressmaker touches . . . shirring, pleating and draping . . are executed in kidskin, an important leather revival. Patent leather will be used for most black shoes, while calfskin will be the leather for tailored and street wear.
Shoes of sueded pigskin and alligator in pastels and bright new shades are especially attractive, and there are some in mesh with a patent lacquer finish. Wine mesh has a blue lacquer, or any number of color combinations may be worked out.
Mesh insets on calfskin or sueded pigskin are clever and cool trimmings.
Emphasis on Color
Emphasis is being placed on color with brown being definitely out. Tan has a more reddish tint, a trend away from the yellow cast of previous years. Admiralty blue, with a purple cast, is a choice selection, while Baby Cherry, a reddish wine, is expected to be a spring favorite. Black will be worn as much as in previous years.
Shoe designs will be a little bolder, but not quite as ornate or feminine as in the past. Lines will be a little heavier looking.
Sandals, however, will be mainly imagination . . . toeless, heelless, and with straps across the instep. These innovations, coupled with the new use of fabrics and leather, will give 1939 shoes a doubly new look.
NEW YORK, Jan 3 -(INS) - Feminine heels will be exposed to the balmy April breezes and open-toed shoes will be terrific. This forecast for femme shoes was made today from a preview of 1939 styles.
Back-straps and open heels will be featured in most of the spring shoes and the toe openings will be slightly smaller than in previous seasons.
Closed toes shoes have a definite toe interest a modern touch that takes away the old-fashioned look from the closed toe. This toe interest will be given by walled toes, square toes or flat bow trimmings, and anything that tends to shorten the vamp will be important. Flat bows and an illusion of smallness to the shoes and will be widely used.
Designers have concentrated on heels for the spring season and low heels are assuming a character that never existed before.
Trend Toward Lower Heels
There is a definite trend toward lower heels as they have become vastly more interesting.
New novelty heels also have been created, including, one extending almost to the sole of the shoe; another, a medium height wedge-shaped heel with a circular opening in the center: also the five-cornered geometric heel and the built up leather heel featured in tailored models. Saddle stitching trims the geometric heel in tailored shoes and is also important when used as a toe interest on closed-toe models.
Platform soles are going out, but they will still be important in low-heel and tailored-type shoes.
Tailored Shoe Trimmings
A wine platform and wine flat bows are used as trimming on blue tailored shoes. One design features a double-deck platform shoe the platform sole extending from the heel to the toe with the space under the arch left open. This shoe is definitely "high style", and is not expected to be widely worn.
Dressmaker touches . . . shirring, pleating and draping . . are executed in kidskin, an important leather revival. Patent leather will be used for most black shoes, while calfskin will be the leather for tailored and street wear.
Shoes of sueded pigskin and alligator in pastels and bright new shades are especially attractive, and there are some in mesh with a patent lacquer finish. Wine mesh has a blue lacquer, or any number of color combinations may be worked out.
Mesh insets on calfskin or sueded pigskin are clever and cool trimmings.
Emphasis on Color
Emphasis is being placed on color with brown being definitely out. Tan has a more reddish tint, a trend away from the yellow cast of previous years. Admiralty blue, with a purple cast, is a choice selection, while Baby Cherry, a reddish wine, is expected to be a spring favorite. Black will be worn as much as in previous years.
Shoe designs will be a little bolder, but not quite as ornate or feminine as in the past. Lines will be a little heavier looking.
Sandals, however, will be mainly imagination . . . toeless, heelless, and with straps across the instep. These innovations, coupled with the new use of fabrics and leather, will give 1939 shoes a doubly new look.
What sub-type of article is it?
Fashion Forecast
Style Preview
What keywords are associated?
Spring Shoes
1939 Styles
Open Heels
Low Heels
Novelty Heels
Color Trends
Platform Soles
Tailored Shoes
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Location
New York
Event Date
Spring 1939
Story Details
Forecast of 1939 spring shoe styles featuring open heels and toes, back-straps, smaller toe openings, modern closed-toe designs with bows, trend toward lower and novelty heels, platform soles in tailored shoes, various leathers like kidskin and patent, colorful options excluding brown, and innovative sandals.