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I finished the shoes for the 1921 bathing ensemble I started last year. They went a lot faster than I expected.

1920’s bathing shoes

They're based on the ones here - https://www.1860-1960.com/xs0408p0.html.

I think these should work going back to about the beginning of bathing costumes through to the end of shoes for bathing.

They have cork soles covered with canvas, two layers of canvas for the uppers, cotton tape binding and laces, and cotton batting insoles covered with canvas. The originals strike me as being homemade, mostly because one of them seems to have three pair of eyelets while the other has two pair.

They're patterned after a pair of flats that I have that have enough structure to the uppers to allow me to pin fabric around them tightly without collapsing. I think they came out quite well, though if I were to do something like this again, I'd make sure to get more of the fabric eased around the toe instead of the heel. It's not worth redoing, but they'd look a little better that way.

I meant to take more in progress pictures, but I got on a roll and churned out a few steps with the uppers without a picture so you just get a picture of the soles and insoles.

Early 20th century bathing shoe soles and insoles
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