Are these shoes 1950s?

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So, I've just picked up the most sensational pair of Delman shoes and I want to check I am right in thinking they are 1950s. They have a bit of a 30s look to them, but I'm thinking they are 50s owing to the heel shape.
Just want to check my dating is accurate really.

Thanks!

Also I hope this works as I'm posting off my phone!

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Ah Liz whenever I miss out on a good pair of shoes I know you got them!
I thought they were early to mid 1930's, but now you have me questioning it as the lining is very pink.

I have some 1930s Harrods shoes with the same lines and large diamante buckle.
 
; ) I saw them and had to have them. Ha ha! It must be post -35 because of the Delman in the same font rayne used... There is just something about the slenderness of the heel that makes me feel they are 50s rather than 30s as I thought they were when I saw them in eBay! They're absurdly amazing in the flesh. Teeny tiny faceted stones on the buckles!!!
 
Yep, I'll post what I mean tomorrow! But 15 old bond street was the address of Rayne, and Rayne became affiliated with Delman in 35 ( I'll write this properly not on my phone in the morning so it makes sense...)
 
I had to leave for Hampshire before I could take some more pictures, but there is a specific font Rayne used on the interior of their shoes. And the way Delman and Rayne are written is the same. Like in these Rayne's (sorry I just quickly googled for the correct font, rather than finding a pair of my own! ) http://www.20thcenturyfashion.co.uk/rayne1.JPG

I'm having a brain blank though as to whether the Oliver Messel Rayne refit in 1959 was a compltely different store in Old Bond Street, or if it was still number 15.

I really don't feel like they are 40s. I'm thinking either late 30s or 50s. But I'm more drawn to them being 50s shoes still...
 
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