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  2. Patent leather - Wikipedia

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    Riding boot from 1910–1920s. An early reference to patent leather is in the 1793 British periodical The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, which notes, in an article entitled "Hand's patent leather", that "a gentleman of the name of Hand" in Birmingham, England, obtained a patent for preparing flexible leather having a glaze and polish that renders it impervious to water and need only be ...

  3. Court shoe - Wikipedia

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    By Victorian times, evening footwear was pumps when there would be dancing or music (hence the name opera shoe or opera slipper), and patent leather dress boots otherwise. Pumps remained as standard with evening full dress until the 1930s. [2] At that time, the dress boot was also going out of fashion, as laced shoes began to be worn at all times.

  4. Overlooked (obituary feature) - Wikipedia

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    The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...

  5. Patten (shoe) - Wikipedia

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    The word patten probably derives from the Old French patte meaning hoof or paw. [1] It was also spelled patyn and in other ways. [2] Historically, pattens were sometimes used to protect hose without an intervening pair of footwear and thus the name was sometimes extended to similar shoes like clogs.

  6. List of shoe styles - Wikipedia

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    Leather ballet shoes, with feet shown in fifth position. A cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden shoe in one piece, which has been used particularly by the peasants of Cantabria, northern Spain. [1] [2] A black derby shoe with a Goodyear welt and leather sole. Abaca slippers; Abarka; Air Forces; Avarca; Bakya; Balgha; Ballet boot; Ballet flat ...

  7. Susan Bennis/Warren Edwards - Wikipedia

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    Agins, Teri. "New shoes leave women falling head over heels," The Wall Street Journal, reprinted in The Reading Eagle, November 9, 2008. Author Unknown. "Fashion; Who's Who in High-Style Shoe Design," The New York Times, February 15, 1981. Lee, Georgia. "Bennis/Edwards Going Into Wider Retail Orbit," Footwear News, June 3, 1991. McNally, Pamela.