[Ads-l] antedating stiletto heel (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1931

4 Jul 1926 Ogden UT _Ogdent Standard-Examiner_ Features section p 2 col 1 (Newspapers.com)
"New and extremely chic are flesh satin opera pumps with Spanish stiletto heels and toes flower tinted."

OED has 1959 for stiletto-heeled

20 Sept 1953 _Brooklyn Daily Eagle_ p 5 advertisement (Newspapers.com)
"Suavely elegant in the new manner . . . stiletto heeled silhouettes uniquely garnished with jet-sparkled braid, collars of crisp ribbon or shimmering, statiny pipings!"

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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