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Emerald Green Metallic Leather Slingback Sandals

1960s · 1960s · Italian

Designer

Roy Frowick Halston

Production

ready-to-wear

Material

metallic leather

Culture

Italian

Movement

Space Age

Influences

Space Age futurism · Italian luxury footwear

These high-heeled slingback sandals feature a striking emerald green metallic leather construction with gold-toned accents. The design showcases a single wide strap across the toe area and an adjustable slingback strap around the heel. The stiletto heel appears to be approximately 3-4 inches high, characteristic of 1960s formal footwear. The metallic finish creates a mirror-like surface that reflects light dramatically. The streamlined silhouette and futuristic metallic treatment exemplify Space Age design principles, where synthetic and reflective materials were embraced to create otherworldly aesthetics. The construction appears machine-made with precise stitching and clean lines typical of Italian luxury footwear manufacturing.

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These pieces capture the exact moment when fashion fell in love with the future—that brief, intoxicating window in the mid-1960s when designers believed we'd all be living on the moon by 1975. The emerald sandals, with their molten metallic finish and sharp architectural heel, share the same Space Age DNA as the black PVC pinafore with its geometric cutout and synthetic gleam.

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