Boots

In typifying the fashionable women's boot of 1915-1919, one would likely include several features: Balmoral cut, featuring a buttoned closure with straight fly; boldly contrasting materials, particularly black patent for the vamp paired with a lighter, matte leather for the top; rounded toe with straight toe cap; and mid-calf height leg. Each of these features is present in this pair of classic late 1910s boots. Fuller, shorter skirts had come into fashion in 1915, necessitating a corresponding change in boot height. The patent vamp and light-colored suede top give the appearance of a spat, an effect which seems to have been made more desirable by the contemporary military influence on fashion. The celluloid-covered heel is also indicative of the late 1910s and 1920s period.