# A shoestyle from the 1950's

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoestyle-from-the-1950s/384262>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoestyle-from-the-1950s/384262 "2006-12-15T06:37:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ntcrawler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@ntcrawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ntcrawler)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoestyle-from-the-1950s/384262/1 "2006-12-15T06:37:56Z")

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Can someone help me identify the name of a type of shoe popular with young women in the 50’s? Best as I can describe it is it vaguely resemble’s a men’s bowling shoe. Short with a white body and black top.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoestyle-from-the-1950s/384262/2 "2006-12-15T06:52:22Z")

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“Saddle Oxford”?

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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoestyle-from-the-1950s/384262/3 "2006-12-15T07:08:11Z")

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Are you referring to [“saddle shoes”?](http://www.sazzvintage.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SVC&Product_Code=BlkSaddleShoes&Category_Code=SaddleShoes)

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**Author:** ![ntcrawler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@ntcrawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ntcrawler)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoestyle-from-the-1950s/384262/4 "2006-12-15T07:21:58Z")

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Yeah, those! thank you!