Help dating blue suede shoes and finding 'The Trusty Shoe' co.

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Help dating blue suede shoes and finding \'The Trusty Shoe\' co.

The logo on this looks like something that could be made today but the inside finish and the how the trim looks aged is making me think they're old, I've also just noticed the same horseshoe shaped ring of nails inside the toe I had on my nude 40's/50's D'orsay shoes.

Why do I always seem to get these names that are impossible to search? I've also seen this shape of tongue *somewhere* but can't remember, when out it's fan shaped with a pinked edge.

Can anybody throw some light on any of the above?


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with those walled toes, shape of toes, soles, they look like late 30s or early 40s walking shoes.

they're very cute.
 
UK size 6 or US 8 1/2 (approx) 9.9" long 3.4" wide (though this will be smaller inside)

Thankyou guys, I think they have a stacked heel though I don't know if this is wood or leather.
I looked at 30s/40's walking shoes and there are some similarities but not one close enough yet... will keep looking.
 
I can see how they could be 70's but the logo doesn't fit well then, I'd expect it to be bigger, a curlier font and generally more extravagant - this label is really rather small and reserved.
 
They are darling! And they look as if they are in fabulous shape! I think older than 70s, but how old I can't guess. They are probably that style of shoe made for comfort and which could have been produced over several years and/or spanning a couple decades. I'm out of my comfort zone with the styling, but the colors actually look very 50s to me. The font definitely looks older than 70s.
 
I was thinking that these could be those mid80s mens shoes that were popular then... a bit bowling shoe, a bit walking shoe, and the colors were zippy combos like this. I saw a lot of them in NYC then. People were picking them up in Europe.
 
Thought I'd throw this one up again as it's still very undecided. Anybody seen anything close advertised meanwhile?

Bycin, I think they're too rounded to be men's I've only seen this roundness to the overall shape on earlier womens shoes i.e. 50's and before.

Incidentally, what size do men's shoes generally go down to?
 
They are postwar - the walled toes (right angle of the toe to the sole), the gypsy seam (centre vamp), contrasting colours and piped edging, plus the use of suede are all typical late 40s features - perhaps just into the early 5os. They are not wartime because of their colour - there was a limited colour palette for leather shoes during the war, but they could have been made soon afterwards. I don't know that manufacture - so can't help you there.
 
Just before I put these on Ebay I've found a very similar pair advertised by Clarks in 1944 albeit with a hinged sole. Such a pity we don't know what colour they were! Though they are described as 'bright'. I also found several adverts from the early 40's of shoes using the bright blue and red colour scheme so I think they could have been made before the leather shortages or just after the war as Jonathon said.
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Was just re-reading this thread again and thought you might like to know I found out from Clarks:
The style in the Clarks advert is called Eskimo Lace and was available in Black Hunter Suede, Rust Tan Suede and Green Suede during 1944.
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so 'bright' but still autumnal colours really :)
 
I'm surprised by the green - black and brown are approved wartime colours, however, if it is for wooden soled shoes, that was one way of getting around restrictions on leather shoes because shoes with wooden soles or textile uppers weren't limited by colour ranges, however, wooden soled shoes were not popular in the UK - they were worn, but begrudgingly. The Northumberland clog style was popular for kids in the North, and often with red leather uppers during the war.
 
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