Skipping ahead of ourselves into the early 19th century.

c. 1914-19

The Met says: Pietro Yantorny (1874-1936), the self-proclaimed “most expensive shoemaker in the world”, was a consummate craftsman utterly devoted to the art of shoemaking. Yantorny sought to create the most perfectly crafted shoes possible for a select and exclusive clientele of the most perfectly dressed people. This pair of mules was made for Rita de Acosta Lydig (1880-1927), an avid collector of lace and antique textiles. Lydig dressed in a strongly personal style, often displaying Orientalist tastes in her attire. These mules are inspired by the Turkish babouche; the consequent allusion to the harem was especially appropriate to a boudoir slipper, although it is possible that Lydig wore them with one of her many harem dresses. The fabric is identical to that used in Near Eastern footwear, and was probably either collected by Lydig or embroidered to order.

I was going to save these for tomorrow’s post but I couldn’t wait that long to share them!! I can’t decide whether to hate them or love them?

Rosenbloom’s Slippers

ca. 1892

Met

These are the kinds of shoes Joséphine and other Ladies wore for their formal portraits like this one.

Slippers possibly worn by the Empress Josephine at her coronation, December 2,1804. - Musee de la mode et du textile, Paris

Look at the bumblebees embroidered on the tip of the slippers!

A  unique Wedding ensemble of the 1870s. Our lady must have worn a corset similar to the one depicted in the post below. 

The Met

Of course every lady would need her dainty slippers.

This is a pair of Marie Antoinette’s shoes! Very high heeled and elegant, as befits the very finest Parisian shoes.

Musee Carnavalet

So. Um. Oh my god?