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Shoe prototype

Roger VivierWW-1955-152153

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Charline Osgood, 1960

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Year
1955

Artist

Roger Vivier
Roger Vivier

Roger Henri Vivier was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. He is best known for creating the modern day stiletto heel and for placing a chrome-plated buckle on an elegant black pump, which became a must-have fashion statement for many celebrities and stars in the 50s and 60s. His namesake label is Roger Vivier (brand).

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Black-Figure Kotyle (Drinking Cup): Animal Friezes

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-699 · ceramic

WW--699-152154

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1955
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WW-1955-152153

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Artist

Roger Vivier

Roger Vivier

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