Evening slippers

Evening slippers

J. Ferry

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

At once classic and unique, this pair of evening slippers is an iconic style from the period, atypically rendered in vibrant purple panné velvet. The unusual color and material suggest that the shoes were custom made to match a garment. The wearer of these shoes, Abigail Kinsley Norman Prince (1860-1949), was dressed by the top Parisian couturiers including Worth, Paquin, and Doucet.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.