Monday, January 4, 2016

For Everything an Exception

So. . . As anyone that does historical research knows, you'll think you know exactly how it is, only to find that you don't. I recently saw a photograph shared that made me "D'oh!" at my previous posts, therefore I had to share it.

Of course it's about shoes. . .

Scantily-clad member of the Windmill cast, Sonia Stacpoole, makes her way along a narrow corridor to the theatre air raid shelter clutching a tin-hat and a pillow... 21st January 1941
LOOK AT THOSE WIDE PEEP-TOE SHOES


Now I will say, I mentioned a modest toe was more in fashion because it revealed less of the foot and was therefore less scandalous. . . . this young woman is obviously not overly concerned with being scandalous. But I did want to correct my seemingly "no wide peep-toes" commentary about