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Show Page Fourteen Well-heeled look well heeded The well-heeled look is the look for shoes this year. Heels will be riding high and handsome and men will be too, at least Nunn Bush is hoping they will. Nunn Bush shoe manufacturers have designed their entire shoe line around the calculated assumption that men can be persuaded to wear high heels this season. And men are, in New York City 1 and San Francisco, the h gh heeled invasion has scored a vie tory Men are clomping down the treets in four-inch heels, in two-S two-S shoes, in patent leathers and high lace boots. For subtler tastes, there are blunt-toed blunt-toed shoes in coordinated cok)rs, from fawn to wine. Elegant shoes in deep burgandy, in shiny bronze leather and natural tan suede Functional boots with chunky heels, decorative lacing and side zippers. First there's the high-lace boot in soft 'leather with crepe soles and speed-lace ties. It's a boot fit for any occasion be it completely informal decked with knickers to the less informal occasions of the day. Then there's the tapestry weave carpetbagger boot. A purely masculine mas-culine shoe incorporating contrasting con-trasting suede with a heavy woven fabric. This is a boot that's tops above or beneath the pant leg. Next is a high polished bronze leather shoe with a cuffed top and a side zipper to give its wearers dreams of old Errol Flynn movies. It's a shoe suited for more formal occasions but its uses extend into the day as well. For women, shoes are chunky, brassy and bold. Actually not too different from the new men's look making headlines in most manufacturer's manu-facturer's trade papers. It's a look that's been extended from last year but with more polish in patent leather and brogue. Women's boots this year make a climb up the calf to the knee. Knee high boots in any soft leather imaginable will be big news for street wearers and street walkers who invented thejook. In women's shoes there will be a trend toward more the form of buckls gold, silver and even No matter how though, shoes are putting your best forward. |