Thong sandals

Designer Dal Co' Italian

Not on view

The Osgood collection comprises 179 objects, chiefly fashionable Italian-made women's shoes dating from the years 1954 to 1958. The shoes were collected by Charline Osgood, Director of the Kid Leather Guild, a trade organization of American kid leather manufacturers. Highlighting the use of kid leather in footwear, the collection provides a fascinating and enticing view of high-style European shoe design from the period, representing many of the finest and most inventive Italian makers.
Osgood earmarked this design by Dal Cò as one of the most exciting and radical shoes in her collection. The design of the thong T-strap is unique, ostensibly inspired by Japanese tabi, and true to Osgood's assertions as to the anatomical sensitivity of Italian shoe design, follows the line of the first metatarsal bone.

Thong sandals, Dal Co' (Italian), leather, Italian

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