Filling in the missing details again: These are women's white kid high-button boots made by the Excelsior Button & Boot Co. circa 1870. Notable detail; the slot about midway up the upper between the 5th & 6th buttons. #victorianfashion #highbuttonboots #boothistory #victorianladiesboots
I had a pretty extensive thread on the subject last Friday. The late Victorian and Edwardian eras produced some of the fanciest, sexiest women's boots ever. #fashionhistory #boothistory #edwardianfashion #victorianfashion #footwearhistory #highbuttonboots
The elegant (and IMO very VERY sexy) high-button boots worn by Victorian and Edwardian women were typically very closely fitted to the wearer's ankles and calves, so much so that the buttons - oftn too small to be efficently grasped by fingers - required a special device called a button hook in order for the wearer to properly fasten her boots. The image at left, likely from the 1890's (as indicated by the huge "leg of mutton" sleeves on the blouse) shows an attractive young dark-haired woman, wearing a fancy hat, a high-necked white blouse with "leg of mutton" sleeves, and a dark skirt, fastening her low-heeled, high-button boots, reaching up to her calves, on her black-stockinged legs (and raising her skirt to do show, exposing her lace-trimmed petticoat), using a buttonhook to pull each button through the corresponding buttonhole. (Image originally from Etsy, hence the photo of a pair of laced-up boots at the right).
Footwear Friday: Victorian and Edwardian women's high-button boots were typically made to fit very closely to the wearer's ankles and calves, & usually required a special device called a buttonhook to fasten their buttons in place. #fashionhistory #highbuttonboots #victorianfashion #edwardianfashion
