Shoes

In a play on the concept of the bronzed baby shoe, this single ankle-strap shoe uses an untraditional material to amusing effect. By stylizing the basic form with a widened strap and platform sole, the shoe's designer has bestowed an explicitly humorous tone to the strangely logical, albeit atypical, choice of metallic leather. The bronzing of baby shoes became a well known practice in the 1930s and expanded greatly in the post-war period. The designer of this shoe has created a witty conundrum: shall the already "bronze" baby shoe be bronzed? Further, if the bronzed baby shoe is a preserved memory, is this shoe then a purchased memory, complete without ever being worn? This shoe was saved by the footwear designer Margaret Clark of Margaret Jerrold, Inc., who may have appreciated its ironic overtones.