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Ladies of the Day: Working Works of Art
Ladies of the Day: Working Works of Art
Ladies of the Day: Working Works of Art
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"I'll never be able to fit into my mother's pretty shoes!" Meant to be a catalogue of her mother's shoes simply as a gift to her mother and a keepsake, it developed by adding adding memories, quotations, anectdotes - and opinions. It is a celebration of the style of shoes that her mother wore, and a Golden Age of shoe design, all designed to extend and flatter the graceful, natural curves of the foot and leg, and add appeal and interest, without outshining the wearer's natural assets.

These shoes represent a slice of the golden age of business as well, large and small, particularly in the Southeast, that developed after World War II. The discretionary spending created from textiles, tobacco, insurance, furniture and aviation was the fuel for many small businesses centered around design and the arts, as well as the creation of many museums and foundations that nurture arts in our communities long after the businesses and families have faded away.
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PublisherBookBaby
Release dateApr 10, 2013
ISBN9781626756298
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    Ladies of the Day - Ginia Zenke

    LADIES OF THE DAY

    WORKING WORKS OF ART

    BY

    GINIA ZENKE

    DEDICATED TO OUR MOTHER,

    VIRGINIA ZENKE

    THANKS TO DIANA HAIG

    EDITORIAL ADVISOR

    COVER SHOE BY

    ST. JOHN

    TEXT COPYRIGHT © 2013 BY VIRGINIA H. ZENKE

    PHOTOGRAPHY COPYRIGHT © 2013 BY VIRGINIA H. ZENKE

    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

    NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE USED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY

    MANNER WHATSOEVER WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION

    ISBN 9781626756298

    Alternate Titles:

    Dad called me Princess Pretty-Foot when I was an infant, when he wasn't busy calling me Princess Running-Water, so that seemed like a catchy title.

    Another title springs to mind: The Other Mrs. Marcos. However, Mother made her own money, so it was her right to do with as she pleased. She didn't have any wasteful tendencies; she just had a great appreciation for good craftsmanship, and one of those manifestations was shoe leather. This is a celebration of what Mother and I believe was the golden age of practical, enticingly subtle, elegant shoes.

    Business Class - Mother's Shoes also evolved. Many women married and returned to hearth and home after WWII. After college, Mother chose to go to work and moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, where she enjoyed a lifelong career as a successful interior designer. She had a long marriage to our Dad, Henry, until his death in 2000, and had my brother and me, so she actively participated in both the home world and the work world. At all times, being dressed well was her natural inclination as well as a requirement of the times and her roles.

    To Each Her Own...

    Keeping in mind that each individual's foot determines what designs and which designers one can wear, within that context each of us is attracted to a particular shoe for what it represents on the outside, if it is comfortable on the inside.

    We've all had the instance where we fell in love with the look of a shoe, but couldn't make friends with it standing up. My lost love was by Halston, in saddle

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