Whose Shoes Wednesday
Manolo asks, whose shoes?
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September 12th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Is is the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy?
September 12th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Umm….Eleanor Roosevelt? I have no idea.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Eleanor Roosevelt
September 12th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Why, the Wicked Witch of the East (or is it West) just before the house fell on her. I think those ankles are too slim for Eleanor Roosevelt.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor ?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Margaret Sanger?
September 12th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Coco Chanel?
September 12th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Totally Coco Chanel
September 12th, 2007 at 10:25 am
I’m voting for Coco Chanel, too. And is it wrong of me to say that I love them? I like an old-fashioned superfantastic girl.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Oh, the Annalucia loves them too - especially the second and third pictures in the top row.
But would the Coco ever wear the shoes shown in the bottom row, second picture? The sneakers and the floral hem suggest the elderly grandmother at a summer picnic. And the third photo in the second row - sneakers on skinny bare legs - no, that cannot be Coco. On the other hand the Hyannisport Kennedys are famously sporty and athletic, which is why the Annalucia guesses it is Mama Rose.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:24 am
I’m going to go out on a crazy limb and say Grace Kelly.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Claudette Colbert?
September 12th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Katherine Hepburn…..
September 12th, 2007 at 11:37 am
I submit my guess: Bette Davis
September 12th, 2007 at 11:40 am
I hope two guesses is not considered cheating: second guess: Vivien Leigh
September 12th, 2007 at 11:48 am
It might be worth mentioning that judging by the skirt lengths most of these pictures appear to have been taken between WWI and the 1930s
September 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am
The Queen Mother?
September 12th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
I’m thinking Wallis Simpson
September 12th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Ms. Wallis, I believe. In addition to being tall, I think Eleanor had largish feet. Also, I can’t imagine her being seen in a long flowered calico looking skirt, ever.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Some of the shoes look to be from the teens. If they weren’t so… sensible I’d say Mary Pickford or Lillian Gish, but I’m going with Eleanor Roosevelt too.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Gloria Swanson.
We didn’t need dialogue. We had feets!
September 12th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
My first thought was the Queen Mother.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
La BellaDonna, although still leaning toward St. Margaret Sanger, is willing to support those who opted for the Queen Mother. The shoes, they have that “between the Wars” look. And although La BellaDonna is not especially interested in the Keds (good shoes in their own way), she would be first in line to buy the others.
Designers, hear my cry! Give us shoes like these, and not your silly sports memorabilia shoes!! They are not the too high, they are not the too flat, they are shoes for the lifetime!
September 12th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Oh Manolo you like to keep us on our toes. I don’t have a clue on this one. I’m thinking an actress, based on the informal “feet tucked under body” pose. The Queen Mother or Royalty would never do that.
But the long long skirt - she looks like a suffragette…
And the satin dress with matching shoes - she was a fashion icon in her hey-day…
And the sensible white lace-ups with floral skirt - she lived to a ripe old age…
Oh please put us out of our misery!
September 12th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
How about Helen Keller?
September 12th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Gotta be Eleanor Roosevelt… gotta be
September 12th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Are they Eleanor Roosevelt’s shoes?
September 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
“Designers, hear my cry! Give us shoes like these, and not your silly sports memorabilia shoes!! ”
Yes! Yes! One thousand times, the yes!
And when they come available the Annalucia will buy the two pair from the first row, two pair from the second - that is, the first and the fourth - and even the pair in the last picture of all, though she will probably wear those with the dressy trousers.
September 12th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Eleanor Roosevelt
September 12th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Queen Elizabeth?
September 12th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Maybe Clara Bow? :)
September 12th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
My first reaction was Coco Chanel, too.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Coco for sure
September 12th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Eleanor Roosevelt. What pretty ankles she had.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
I’m thinking the Queen Mum
September 12th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
….out on a limb here…Judy Garland?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Nope….It’s not Judy Garland…but I know who it is now…