Evening sandals
After the heavy styles of the later 1960s and 1970s, shoe fashion was overdue for a shift to a lighter, more delicate aesthetic. Glamorous evening sandals in a rainbow of glittery colors with slender straps and high spike heels perfectly complimented the sexy disco-style fashions of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This pair for Givenchy epitomizes the type. Sequins, which produced a dynamic sparkle with minimum weight, were a favored trimming at the time.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening sandals
- Design House: House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952)
- Designer: Hubert de Givenchy (French, Beauvais 1927–2018 Paris)
- Date: 1980
- Culture: French
- Medium: leather
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Emmet Whitlock, 1985
- Object Number: 2009.300.3375a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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