VOGUE FOR KID AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 134, 3 December 1938, Page 19

VOGUE FOR KID AGAIN

"ROUND-T fclE-CLOCK" WEAR

Kid is the : last word in footwear, introduced by I london and endorsed by Paris, accordir jg to exhibitors at a repent exhibits em of advance shoe styles held by the British Glace Kid Tanners. Next jyear, they say, everyone will be we bring kid, as they, did fifty years ago, "when old folk, young folk, and even dolls were fitted with kid boots, and when brides, if they wished to be r sally smart, went to the altar in wee |ding boots of white kid fitted with th c neatest little elastic sides. \

The present mot lels are not quite the same, to be sure, the modern tailoring producing an cleg tint glove-fitting appearance which gi\ acs a slim line to the foot and chic to tljb wearer. But the lightness, softness, ,iand hard-wearing qualities of kid wttiich our ancestors recognised are stiitt there. It gives comfortable suppaiftt to the foot; is essentially serviceable, inexpensive, does not rub, and v? equally suitable for day or evening; V war.

FLIMSY AND ' "MUDGUARD" MOD EV.-S.

Featherweight santftals of glace kid, exquisitely fashioned^ and produced in a wide range of delicate tones to accompany flimsy mate rials or in richer colours for wear wi ih brocades and lames, are styled for the. evening. For the afternoon there ai je distinctive designs carried out in coloured glace, allied with matching ; or contrasting suede, the pliability ct the kid making possible the draper. j{ treatment and softly tied bows whiCih. \ are so fashionable. For occasions ' demanding a rather heavier shoe, this1, new mudguard model is introduced, ;^ band in contrasting colour running round the uppers immediately a bove the sole, the same colour bein; %[ used for the heel, lacing, and decor, tfeion. The toeless and heel-less style ;which has already been found so co Tjnfortable continues, with the added attraction of perfect stitching and dec* 4 rative punching. [

A new design is seefri in a model in which the kid is dLyfwn up from the front to form two di.igh bows at the opening. Another idisa is to gather the front piece in large r\ folds up to the opening without cubing so that it springs with a high movement well away from the.instep. A tihird novelty is the new draw string w Buich may be slotted through a little tithe of suede running round the front i opening to be pulled up on the ins fcep, or else is slotted in and out of th c kid itself, round the back of the hee. $ to be tied in a neat knot in the fron $.