Aris Allen Women's 1930s Black and Silver Lace-up Heeled Oxford Shoes
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Aris Allen Women's 1930s Black and Silver Lace-up Heeled Oxford Shoes
These Aris Allen Swing Dance Shoes are a perfect copy of a 1930s shoe and have a suede-bottom sole.
The original was a vintage pair of Ostrich Pumps in carmel brown with light pink ostrich insets made in Paris, France in the 1930s.
Looks absoluetly dead-sexy on the dance floor - has a burlesque feel to it.
Heeled oxfords have the advantage of looking dressy even though they have shoe laces (which you can tighten for security while dancing in them).
We find that these run true to size for normal feet, a half size small on wide feet. Because of the ultra-rounded toe box this style fits quite well on most Average width and Wide width feet.
Aris Allen is known for making vintage style swing dance shoes and reproduction models that are more authentic equipment for dancing swing than ordinary ballroom shoes are. Their philosophy being that your dancing will look more authentic if you wear the same style of shoes the inventors of the dance were wearing. This style, like the original it was copied from, has a round toe. The heel is approximately 3" and the insole is quite thick and squishy. Most women know which two sizes they fit best (like 6.5 & 7 or 8 & 8.5). To figure out which size you'll fit in these: Narrow to Average width = you'll probably wear the larger of the two sizes you usually fit. Wide width = you'll probably fit one half size larger than the two sizes you usually fit (and because it is a round toed shoe, once in a while one whole size larger than your normal size). We've seen women with very wide feet look absolutely delicious in this model.