
1970s · 1960s-1970s · British
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
leather
Culture
British
Movement
Mod · Hippie / Counterculture
Influences
1960s mod geometric styling
A pair of low-heeled slip-on shoes featuring a distinctive color-blocked design with burgundy red leather forming the main body and black leather creating geometric panels across the vamp and sides. The shoes have a squared toe characteristic of 1960s footwear, with a modest block heel approximately one inch high. Black leather straps cross over the vamp in an X-pattern, secured with small buckles or decorative elements. The construction appears to be traditional shoemaking with visible stitching along the sole attachment. The leather shows a smooth, polished finish typical of formal casual footwear from this period, reflecting the era's bold approach to color combinations and geometric design elements in everyday accessories.
These shoes speak the same 1970s language of rebellion through refinement, each splitting their personality between contrasting materials and colors. The mod loafers marry burgundy and black leather in clean geometric blocks, while the ankle boots play suede against patent leather, their button-up spats nodding to Victorian propriety even as the pointed toes push forward into glam rock territory.
These pieces pulse with the same 1970s rebellion against buttoned-up propriety, but they speak different dialects of defiance. The black velvet trousers whisper Italian sophistication—that plush fabric catching light like a second skin, cut with the kind of precision that made rock stars look like decadent aristocrats.
That cropped bouclé jacket with its plush white fur collar and cuffs speaks the same 1970s language as those red and black leather loafers — both pieces weaponize contrast as their primary design strategy. The jacket plays black against cream in that distinctly French way of making luxury look effortless, while the loafers stripe red and black leather with the graphic boldness that defined British mod style.
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