Shoes [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… Image ‘Pair of woman’s shoes with straps for shoe buckles’, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, M.81.71.4a-b, c. 1770. Résumé The study of footwear contributes to our understanding of sociability in the eighteenth century in several respects. Shoes were an important part of the dress ensemble for both men and women, so changing styles can highlight shifts in eighteenth-century fashions. … a decorative one, and informed social interactions in both respects. We will here consider the shoe as a worn material artefact that had a close relationship with the body, and which had an important role to play in social and gender …
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