The Shoes of Tomorrow Are Actually the Shoes of Yesterday

Quite a few shoes addicts recently expressed their unconditional love for the Charlotte Olympia Reseort 2013 sandals with a colourful pompom and a caged heel containing a little bird. Footwear experts and historians may actually remember how this was a model that originally came out in the mid-to-late '50s.

There is actually a brief film in the British Pathé archives entitled Shoes of Tomorrow that features a pair of mules with the caged heel and a plastic animal inside it (a monkey in this case); the film is dated 1957. The shoes in the film are actually stored at the Bata Museum, in Toronto, and they are by fancy and short-lived label Creazioni Mariorty.

Looks like this is another I.P.F.O. case successfully uncovered. But, now that I think about it, the video also features another fancy pair of mules with a little lake complete with lovely swans incorporated in its heel. Shall we see it appearing soon in any shoe collection by any famous designer? Time will tell, but, in the meantime, if you're a fashion design student, remember that whatever is on the Internet is bound to be seen by millions of people, even historical videos, so do not assume you're the only ones copying/pilfering/taking inspiration from such materials.

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