Pumps

Herbert Levine Inc.

1957 · silk · Costume Institute

Popularized in the 1950s, the stiletto, or spike heel, was a nearly invisible support that introduced a hobbling sway to a woman's walk. The style's most significant aesthetic innovation was not its height but its ability to attenuate almost into insubstantiality.

Artist

Herbert Levine Inc.

Date

1957

Medium

silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Herbert Levine Inc., 1973