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£4OO FOR DANCING SHOES.

..Surely luxury in dress has reached its highest point. It is only the other day that a South American woman paid for a pair of r.hoes in Paris. The footgear was the work of an artist who makes every pair of slippers turned out of his atelier with his own hands. Hi; accepts no assistance, and there is not even an apprentice on the premises. He makes nothing but dancing shoes or little slippers for use in the home, but every pair he shows is original with some remarkable material, either as foundation or. decoration. The worker speaks quite frankly about his trade. He started as a cobbler, but he was entirely devoted to his work, and showed himself possessed of original ideas. Thus he was not long in finding himself in one of the quiet corners of Paris where only studios exist, and where the worker in whatsoever material he may choose ranks with the artist. This designer of marvellous slippers still wears his" workman's apron, but there is nothing else in his atelier to indicate his trade. In a conspicuous corner there is a large glass case in which are displayed those wonders in the way of footgear, not a single pair of which may be bought for less than £8 or £lO.

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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 518, 16 November 1912, Page 7

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£400 FOR DANCING SHOES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 518, 16 November 1912, Page 7

£400 FOR DANCING SHOES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 518, 16 November 1912, Page 7

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