Details from Fashion Plates of Women's Shoes


Detail, English Fashion Plate, 1810. Clocks are still popular on stockings. Notice how flat the shoe is in contrast to the heels of 1790.
Detail, Austrian Fashion Plate of Girl's Dress. Note the rounded toe, very unlike the points typical of women's shoes.Detail of Tartan boots, French Fashion Plate, 1814. In the colored original the boots are red, yellow, and blue and have red and yellow ruffles. This French adoption of the Scottish style reflects the increasing popularity of Scottish tales by such authors as Jane Porter and Sir Walter Scott.
Detail of pale pink slippers, English Fashion Plate, 1816. The white stockings have either no clock or a very subtle white on white one. Detail, French Fashion Plate, 1818 Note the striped stockings.
Detail, English Fashion Plate, 1819 Detail, English Fashion Plate, 1819

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