Dating etc on "Mellow Yellow pour les chemins blancs" French shoes

[Robin of Frocksley]

Here's another pair I'm stumped on. I love the green leather with star-shaped cutouts. Apparently the french translates to "white paths". There's a label inside that confuses me too (see last photo). Any help with dating and/or info on the designer would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Midge]

Yes les chemins blancs means the white paths . Pretty shoes!

The first photos had me thinking all over the place date-wise... , but the little sticker in the last photo that shows the material composition is something that I would guess has come up in the last 20 years or so, so it looked like they're newer, but with a retro styling. I googled Les Chemins Blancs and found them. According to their company information, this fashion label was started in 1990: http://www.cheminsblancs.com/eshop/content/4-la-marque . Mellow Yellow is a French shoe and accessories company - started only in 2003: http://mellowyellow.fr/la-marque . I'm not familiar with them though I live in Switzerland.

So they are unfortunately not vintage - which is the reason I was as stumped as you in the first place. I have a few pairs of shoes in my closet that are no older than 10 years that fall in the same category (though they're not as nice quality-wise!) - they look vintage at first, but they borrow elements from different decades sometimes in one shoe - or there's just a little something "off" that in the end tells you they're modern.

 

[Robin of Frocksley]

Thank you so much! No wonder I was confused.

 

[Pinkcoke]

I think when I last looked it up the footwear material composition diagrams were designed in 1995.

 

[Midge]

Thanks, Melanie . I'm glad I had that about right in my mind.

 

[Robin of Frocksley]

Thank you both!