I would love to take these for a drive! Racing car shoe (1965) designed by Katharina Denzinger The increasingly common use of plastics for footwear in the 1960s allowed the designer free rein for whimsical interpretation. This shoe, made of clear, colored and mirrored vinyl shapes, and trimmed with molded plastic “headlights,” is designed to look like a race car, complete with numeric designation and “windshield” upper.
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I would love to take these for a drive! Racing car shoe (1965) designed by Katharina Denzinger

The increasingly common use of plastics for footwear in the 1960s allowed the designer free rein for whimsical interpretation. This shoe, made of clear, colored and mirrored vinyl shapes, and trimmed with molded plastic “headlights,” is designed to look like a race car, complete with numeric designation and “windshield” upper.

Source: metmuseum.org

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