Boots
Boots with an elastic side gusset, known as Congress boots, had been a fashionable style when introduced in the mid 19th century. By 1900, the Congress boot was considered a rather dowdy style, and held no sway as a fashionable style through the first half of the 20th century. By the 1960s, however, boots were coming back into fashion with youthful trend setters. The slip-on boot was praised for its trim lines which minimized bulk under narrow trousers and eliminated the fuss of shoelaces. This modernized version, rechristened as the Beatle boot through its adoption by the British pop group, featured a tapered toe with a narrow square tip and a tapered heel. The style was worn in almost identical versions by both sexes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Boots
- Designer: Mr. David Evins (American, born England, 1909–1992)
- Date: ca. 1965
- Culture: American
- Medium: leather, elastic
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, 1970
- Object Number: 2009.300.3350a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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