Pumps

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.
Asymmetry and sexy low cuts were two of the Italian shoe trends Osgood brought to her American audiences. This pump from a firm in Turin illustrates both those qualities aptly, baring the flexed inner instep, which Osgood identified as the sexiest part of the female foot.