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Artist/Maker	Saks (made for)
Place of origin	United States (made)

Pair of Perspex sandals with PVC tubing laces. Thick and clear Perspex soles with cylindrical clear Perspex heels. Six loops of clear PVC tubing inset into the outer edge of the sandals, a long length of tubing to lace the sandal to the foot and hold it on.

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Categories	Accessories Footwear Fashion Womenswear Plastic
Object type	Sandal
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Sandal Sandal
Materials and techniques	Perspex with PVC Perspex PVC
Brief description	Pair of Perspex sandals with vinyl tubing laces, made for Saks Fifth Avenue, probably made in United States, 1970-1979
Physical description	Pair of Perspex sandals with PVC tubing laces. Thick and clear Perspex soles with cylindrical clear Perspex heels. Six loops of clear PVC tubing inset into the outer edge of the sandals, a long length of tubing to lace the sandal to the foot and hold it on.
Dimensions	Heel to toe length: 25cm Height: 6cm Width: 10.8cm
Production type	Ready to wear
Marks and inscriptions	'Saks Fifth Avenue' (Label on sole of sandal) '6' (Paper label stuck to sole of shoe. Also written in black ink on inside of heel, visible through clear heel)
Credit line	Given by the Bruce family, worn by Mrs David Bruce.
Production	Reason For Production: Retail
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.241:1, 2-1998

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Record created	February 7, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O131420/sandal-saks/

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