Majestic Heels of Red

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Title

Majestic Heels of Red

Subject

Eugene Onegin: "Reading Fashion"

Description

A popular shoe choice for women in the nineteenth century, associated with traditional Russian boots made of red leather.

Creator

Elizabeth LaFave

Source

Text: Alexander Pushkin; Eugene Onegin 
Image: Russian Elegance: Country and City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century

Publisher

Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: Vivays Publishing

Text

«Со славой красных каблуков

И величавых париков» (4, I-VI, 85).



“Amid our forbears’ vaunted day;

The fame of Lovelaces as faded—Along with fashions long since dead:

Majestic wigs and heels of red” (Chapter 4, Stanza 1-6, Page 85). 


 

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Citation

Elizabeth LaFave, “Majestic Heels of Red,” Collections @ ECU, accessed November 21, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/605.

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