Golfing shoes

Unknown

1925–30 · leather · Costume Institute

As women became increasingly involved in active sports beginning in the second half of the 19th century, suitable attire was developed for the purpose, often taking men's sports clothes as its inspiration. While Victorian propriety demanded that styles be highly modified to distinguish between the sexes, by the 1920s blurring gender lines led to women's sports clothing which was nearly identical to men's. The brogue was a favored shoe style for golf. The high quality of this pair of women's cleats indicates that it was custom made. Of particular note is the fragmentary surviving original leather lace, featuring an unusual metal spring aglet.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1925–30

Medium

leather

Culture

probably British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Rodman A. Heeren, 1960