Majestic Heels of Red
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
Image: Russian Elegance: Country and City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century
Publisher
Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: Vivays Publishing
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).
Citation
Elizabeth LaFave, “Majestic Heels of Red,” Collections @ ECU, accessed April 30, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/605.
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