#22: Shoes. Shoes. Shoes.

The Question

February 9th, 2005 at 4:13 pm
Shaun,

I have a print of a photograph by Robert Doisneau hanging in the stairwell of my apartment. The piece is called Le Bouquet de Jonquilles (or Bouquet of Daffodils) and can be seen here:

http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD–10063945/sOrig–CRT/sOrigId–787/The_Bouquet_of_Daffodils__Paris_1950.htm?ui=C958674B218E4097AB1BCDC5840C8484

Every time I pass by I admire the shoes on the women in the photo. Shaun, where can I find such shoes as these? Who made them? Why are they so fabulous? Could they be even MORE amazing in color?

Jealous,
Jill


The Answer

Wow. Seriously a difficult question to answer.

Visitors may be wondering at the recent lack of answers. The reason is the above question. I have been striving to answer the question realistically for ALL THIS TIME. In fact, I would venture to say to you, the gentle reader, that I have perused more web sites that sell women’s shoes than you can imagine.

I feel that I have indeed become more educated in the area of women’s footwear than I could possibly have imagined.

To the answer:

Jill, the closest I can come is the following shoes on Ebay:

Not quite what you are looking for…

The shoes in the photograph were made by a shoemaker, probably a French one.

Why are they so fabulous? Because they are INSANELY HARD TO FIND. That’s why.

Could they be even MORE amazing in color? Yes, yes they could.

POST SCRIPT

After 5 minutes of looking, Jen found these, which are much closer. Must be a girl thing.

These are probably closer. Sigh.

3 thoughts on “#22: Shoes. Shoes. Shoes.

  • 4/27/2005 at 3:10 pm
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    The link to the picture is dead

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  • 4/27/2005 at 3:14 pm
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    Additionally, they may be hard to find because the picture was taken in 1950.

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  • 4/27/2005 at 3:47 pm
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    valiant attempt on that one.

    maybe you’d better do one about chainsaws or v12 engines or posi-track next time, just to reclaim your masculinity after spending 3 weeks looking at womens strappy shoes.

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