Shoes
In 1919, Charles Jourdan founded his shoe business in Romans, France, which he would gradually build into a premiere French luxury shoe manufacturer of both Jourdan designs and those of numerous other top designers, including Christian Dior and Pierre Cardin. After opening a Paris boutique in 1957, Jourdan reached the height of his success in the 1960s, when he became particularly known for offering a limited number or models in an extensive range of colors.
This pair of Mary Janes combines two important trends of the mid 1960s by taking a classic little girl's style and giving it a modernistic twist with angular lines and a metallic heel.
This pair of Mary Janes combines two important trends of the mid 1960s by taking a classic little girl's style and giving it a modernistic twist with angular lines and a metallic heel.
Artwork Details
- Title: Shoes
- Design House: House of Charles Jourdan (French, founded 1919)
- Designer: Charles Jourdan (French, 1883–1976)
- Date: 1965
- Culture: French
- Medium: leather, plastic
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Jane Holzer, 1977
- Object Number: 2009.300.1604a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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