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Pumps Through the Ages in London Ballrooms
A humorous look at pumps from 18th century fashion to 1905 American style. The piece traces the gap in pointed toe low-heeled shoes across genders, noting Alfred D Orsay s pump design for both sexes and how pumps reemerge as de rigueur, with ever changing styles and the lingering gap as a signature.
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New York
Nea
Peabody
Agnes
London
Paris
Lord Wellheeled
Alfred Gabriel
Count D'Orsay
Alfred