These I. Miller shoes could be dyed to match your dress. Featured in Delineator, June 1930, p. 28.
1930 was a good year for shoes, especially if you like high heels. Most of these are afternoon or evening shoes, but it’s a pleasure to see the quality of delicate scrolls of piping, or combinations of fabrics and kid….
These high heels are piped with silver kid. From J. & P. Cousins, in Delineator, June 1930.
These high heels from 1930 could be dyed to match your dress.
Pale blue suede & kid afternoon pumps from Laird Schober. Delineator, June 1930, p. 28.
White kid pumps with a flash of colored trim and colored heel. For a color image of gold kid and brocade Laird Schober shoes, click here.
Queen Quality shoes were advertised in Delineator; they are not extravagantly expensive, but not cheap, either.
[In my experience, pumps with that high cut are pretty much guaranteed to make women’s feet bulge over the top after they stand for a few hours….]
Queen Quality shoe prices, May 1928. They range from $7.50 to $12.50., “some as low as $6.” [In 1936, a college girl was expected to spend $12 per year on shoes, @ $3 per pair.]
Brown and white spectator pumps from Stetson, featured in Delineator, June 1930, p. 28.
This white linen and white kid sport shoe from Adapto came with piping in various colors.
There’s a lot going on in this perforated tan and white sandal from Walkover. June 1930; Delineator, p. 28.
Delineator may have occasionally featured brands that advertised in the magazine, like Queen Quality, but most of the shoes mentioned in the June, 1930, issue were not made by advertisers.
These are couture-level shoes by famous French designers:
Designer shoes from Paris; Delineator, June 1930, p. 29. Made by Costa. The Met Museum has three pairs of Costa shoes.
The complex heel — are those bands of gold or silver leather, or jewels? — and the graceful curves are a sign of quality.
Ducerf-Scavini was very high-end. For 1928 shoe designs by Ducerf-Scavini, click here.
Even mass-market shoes from 1930 could be elegantly trimmed; in fact, Foot Saver shoes were aimed (as you might expect) at w omen who wanted comfort as well as style.
This ad for Foot Saver shoes appeared in the same June 1930 issue of Delineator as the high fashion shoes. The shoe on the right looks like it’s made to be comfortable, but the style at left is not noticeably dowdy….
Nor is this one:
Foot Saver evening shoe, November 1930.
Foot Saver shoe ad, November 1930.
The 1930 shoe illustrations from Delineator, June 1930, pp. 28 & 29, were by Leslie Saalberg. For more gorgeous shoes see Paris Shoes for April, 1928.
Oh, how I love beautifully proportioned shoes. 🥰❣️
Thank you for reminding me of elegance.
They are elegant. I love to look at them, but wouldn’t want to wear them! “Comfort is the ultimate luxury,” as a famous interior decorator said near the end of his career.
Totally agree with you!
(oh, that niggly voice says, and why can’t comfy also be elegant? 😉)
Elegant! Although I could never wear them, I really love those Laird Schober shoes! Please consider doing a post on 1920s shoes–I love the straps and they seem more friendly to older feet.
I love the elegant, curving lines. (and I remember 1960’s shoes with a little fan of pleated leather, like the White Laird Schobers….) Here are a few shoes from April 1928 — and more dancing shoes from 1928.