2016年6月15日 · Perhaps one of the most striking in the collection is that of West, one of Hollywood’s earliest sex symbols of the big screen and stage. Mae West’s 9.5-inch …

2015年3月25日 · Concealed underneath her floor-length garments, she would wear wooden platform shoes that gave her an 8-inch boost—the better to pair her with towering leading …

2014年12月2日 · Were these wild sculptures meant to be stylish OR were they a strange solution to the impossibility of walking in the lower, steeply-angled silver shoe — a less fearsome, more …

2016年6月16日 · Mae West’s Shoes Image Credit: Courtesy A pair of Depression Era-sex symbol Mae West’s “Double Decker” shoes; featuring a 9.5-inch platform and heel.

To increase her stature, West usually wore shoes with extremely high-heels, both onscreen and off. Though the shoes were usually hidden by the long dresses she wore, West made sure her …

• • Sabina Stent wrote: Mae West wore customized “shoes within shoes” that measured an astonishing 9.5 vertical inches and were made specifically for their famous wearer. So unusual …

2018年11月20日 · Black leather platform shoes with front straps and ankle straps attached with a sapphire-blue button, with " Miller and Sons / New York " inscribed on both insoles and " …

Her clothes, extremely tall headdresses and her 9.5 inch custom shoes were creatively constructed to compensate for her full-figured 5 foot frame. Very seldom were photographs …

2014年12月2日 · An article and slideshow on the superb fashion sense of 1930s films mentioned MAE WEST — — and showed photos of the platform shoes Mae wore in her nightclub act …

1,759 likes, 18 comments - fidmmuseum on June 19, 2024: "Actress, singer, screenwriter and playwright Mae West (1893-1980) crafted a lasting image of herself that has resonance over …