Wow, what Shoes!

Do you still think that bizzare and extravagant footwear is the invention of our times? Just look at this!

Coptic sandals, 4th-7th century

  
Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/474201?rpp=30&pg=31&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=915

Pair of children's shoes, or sample shoes, 1610-1620

Source: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/pair-of-childrens-shoes-or-sample-shoes-121512

18th century

Source: http://ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com/post/23747729597

1735

Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78894/pair-of-shoes-unknown/

1740

Source: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18761/lot/26/

1883

Source: http://shoesofhistory.tumblr.com/

Carriage Boots, 1890-1905

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/170040?rpp=30&pg=42&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=1250

Evening shoes, 1900

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/169167?rpp=30&pg=39&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=1151

1913

Source: http://shoesofhistory.tumblr.com/

Pietro Yantorny,  1914-1919

Source: http://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/57742594649/shoes-pietro-yantorny-1914-1919-the

Syrian sandals, 1920s

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/83514?rpp=30&pg=9&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=241

André Perugia, 1922

Source: http://bohemianwornest.tumblr.com/post/41686574426

1930s

 Source: http://eng.shoe-icons.com/collection/object.htm?id=1031

André Perugia, 1931

Source: http://delialicious.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/artistic-footwear/fish-shoes/

Delman, 1937-1939

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/158759?rpp=20&pg=8&ft=*&deptids=8&who=Bergdorf+Goodman&pos=147

Salvatore Ferragamo, 1938

 Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1973.282.2

Steven Arpad for Balenciaga, 1938-1939

  
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/156104?rpp=30&pg=1&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&deptids=8|62&who=Steven+Arpad&pos=2

Steven Arpad, 1939

Source: http://www.retronaut.com/2011/07/shoes-by-steven-arpad-1939/

1940s

 Source: http://eng.shoe-icons.com/collection/object.htm?id=952

Prada, 1950s

Source: http://mote-historie.tumblr.com/post/79852200513/prada-1950s-grey-and-yellow-shoes-with-red

Roger Vivier for Dior, 1954

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/100451?img=3

Roger Vivier, 1966

Source: http://thenasnow.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-looking-things.html

Beth Levine, 1968

Source: http://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/47863275565/boots-beth-levine-1968-the-metropolitan-museum 

1970s

Source: https://www.etsy.com/listing/70451833/1970s-glitter-rock-glam-rock-vintage

1970s

Source: http://shoesofhistory.tumblr.com/

Isabel Canovas, 1988-1989

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/82546?rpp=30&pg=40&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=1186

Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, 1993-1994

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/137117?rpp=30&pg=40&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=1172

Dolce & Gabbana, 2003

Source: 3http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/87821?rpp=30&pg=8&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=25

Helmut Lang, 2004-2005

Source: http://metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/153572?rpp=30&pg=21&rndkey=20140802&ft=*&what=Costume|Footwear&pos=604&imgNo=1&tabName=object-information

Guo Pei, 2010

Source: http://www.dressful.com/3470/guo-pei-vibrant-chinese-extravagance