Vintage Valentino shoes - genuine or not?

[Littlewhitefox]

Hi! Picked these up from a thrift shop and was wondering if anyone has any insights about this label?
It doesn’t show under label resources but thinking maybe anyone has any insights what these could be?

Any help or feedback appreciated!

 

[Midge]

Hi and welcome to the forums. According to our forum rules, we cannot authenticate items.

Your pumps look to be from the 1980s, and I agree the label doesn't look like anything by "the" Valentino as in Valentino Garavani. However, there is also the "other" Valentino, Mario Valentino: https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/valentino-mario/. His usual brand logo is different again, however I have seen modern handbags by him with a similar kind of big V on them as on your shoes...

 

[GemGem]

I had a look at some early vintage shoes by Mario Valentino as well as 80s and the font does seem to have always been in a print style rather than cursive (as too is Valentino Garavani). It's possible it is yet another designer as Valentino is a somewhat popular name there (our version is Valentine).