"Label for the exhibition Shoes: Pleasure and Pain \nShow a Bit of Leg\nFrom the 1860s, shorter skirts led to a greater emphasis on stockings and shoes. The barette, or sandal-boots, as seen here, daringly revealed coloured stockings through the bands or cut-outs on the leg and instep. This was not always approved of. The contemporary boots create the same effect, framing the flesh of the leg. They have the addition of a killersharp heel.\n\nBarette boots\n1865\u201375\nEngland\nSilk satin, linen and leather\nGiven by Messrs Harrods Ltd\nV&A: T.551&A-1913 [2015-2016]"@en . . . .