Category Archives: Garments

more clogs

Speaking of clogs (or pattens, if you prefer,) here’s another good example, with an interesting cross-piece under the instep. And some nice demy pantouffles on the gent on the left.

Panel from an alterpiece showing the Marriage of the Virgin by Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, c.1475. At the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Panel from an alterpiece showing the Marriage of the Virgin by Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, c.1475. At the Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

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16th century clogs

Don’t his shoes look super contemporary? Bonus, he seems to have a spoon in his hat. From Fragments of a Nativity Scene, attributed to Hieronymus Bosch, early 16th century, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Bosch

clogs

Today’s versions: Alexander Wang, Jil Sander, and No. 6. In case you’re feeling a little Boschy.

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