Golfing shoes
As women became increasingly involved in active sports beginning in the second half of the 19th century, suitable attire was developed for the purpose, often taking men's sports clothes as its inspiration. While Victorian propriety demanded that styles be highly modified to distinguish between the sexes, by the 1920s blurring gender lines led to women's sports clothing which was nearly identical to men's. The brogue was a favored shoe style for golf. The high quality of this pair of women's cleats indicates that it was custom made. Of particular note is the fragmentary surviving original leather lace, featuring an unusual metal spring aglet.
Artwork Details
- Title: Golfing shoes
- Date: 1925–30
- Culture: probably British
- Medium: leather
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Rodman A. Heeren, 1960
- Object Number: 2009.300.3207a–d
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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