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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1962
Page
11
A Leather Industries survey finds teenage girls favor feminine footwear over sneakers with an average girl owning about 124 pairs. Gold and colored patent styles rise in popularity, with moccasin loafers flats and leather boots in demand as bowling grows. Teens spend about 4 to 9.95 per pair, contributing to nearly 600 million of the 4 billion annual shoe market.
New York editors toured a Shoe Fashion Service exhibition showing how a pump passes through 75 operations from design to fitting. The guide outlines key buying tips including upper leather quality, flexible soles, secure heels, leather linings, and presence of a leather welt for lasting shape and weather protection.
At a Spring preview by Shoe Fashion Service of Leather Industries of America, two trends emerge: feminine lightweight leather soles with edge coloring and tailored shoes with extended soles for sturdiness. Leather soles hold shape, resist fray, and frame the toe to protect it.
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