"All of the decades of Victoria’s reign riot together on the dress racks and dance floors," Mildred Adams noted in Harper’s Bazar in 1931. In addition to gigot sleeves, there are many other revivals of Victorian-era styles.
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Button boots were often worn for walking at the turn of the 20th century. When the style was adapted in the 1960s, snap closures replaced buttons, and traditional materials were eschewed for ultra-modern vinyl.
Boots
Black vinyl, black and white rubber
Circa 1965, USA
The Museum at FIT, P90.87.9
Museum Purchase
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