Women's Plateau Clogs

Object Details

Date
ca. 1972
Medium
leather, wood
Dimensions
Right shoe: 9 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 5 11/16 in. (23.5 × 6.4 × 14.5 cm)
Left shoe: 9 3/16 × 2 9/16 × 5 11/16 in. (23.4 × 6.5 × 14.5 cm)
Cite As
Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Pearline Waldrop
Caption
These colorful clogs lift the wearer as if standing on a six-inch-high plateau. Contrasting double stitching joins leather panels in rich red (heel and tongue), cream (toecap), goldenrod (upper and square-toed sole), and light avocado (vamp), akin to the connected, chromatic blocks of a Mondrian painting. As explorations of gender expression expanded in the late 1960s, platform shoes gained popularity among women and men in the United States, a fad that persisted for the next decade. Their height also helped hems of the era’s bell-bottom pants hover above the ground. This pair belonged to former Anacostia Community Museum staff member Pearline Waldrop, whose colleagues remember the stylish graphic designer wearing them at work.
Accession Number
1996.0007.0001
Type
shoes
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Data Source
Anacostia Community Museum
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl8882fd2e4-bf41-4225-ba75-0fd3529d139d
Record ID
acm_1996.0007.0001
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