Heels were often decorated with zircons, sequins or painted with a shiny gold paint. Evening attire often consisted of satin, richly decorated, hand-painted models in reds, blues and golds. The plate was put out by Buster Brown Shoes and features Buster Brown. The Brown Shoe Company realized the marketing benefits of commercially associating themselves with ‘Buster Brown’ and paid 200 to cartoonist R.F. In some models the strap was exchanged for a ribbon or a more complex pattern of straps. This is a very sweet collectible plate for anyone into vintage or antique advertising. WH THEN Annie and Bridget told Buster and Mary Jane that they were to. During the roaring 20s ladies wore beautiful and more mature models of Mary Janes for dancing. Buster Brown Picks Out the Costumes From the famous cartoons of Buster Brown By. Little girls loved those shoes while also some adults couldn’t avoid their charm. The time of unisex children’s shoes came to an end as Mary Janes were designed especially for girls.
Mary Janes were marketed as the basic girl’s shoe just as oxfords were already a number one among boys. Benton was bringing her baby to their house, they immediately decided that the imminent visit held the promise of excitement. This pair has leather soles with a rubber heel, so I think they are from that first big wave of Mary Jane popularity. The Buster Brown logo was commissioned just after the 1904 Worlds Fair and Mary Janes were among the first famous offerings. When Buster Brown and his sister Mary Jane learned that Mrs. By the 1920s, leather soles were being replaced with rubber. Coming Buster Brown with Buster Tige, Mary Jane & 40 people Contributor Names Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928, artist Created / Published Cincinnati : publisher not identified, 1906. Their marketing campaign was exceptional – a part of it was sending actors playing Buster Brown and Mary Jane on a tour around US. Buster Brown Gets the Worst of It: Directed by Charles H. In 1904 they launched a collection of their shoes signed with names of Buster Brown characters. They bought rights from the artist and patented “Mary Jane”. The character of Mary Jane was inspired by author’s daughter and was always presented in shoes with a buttoned bar.Īmerican footwear producer called Brown Shoe Company noticed the potential of this story. “Buster Brown” created by Richard Outcault was the story of three characters: Buster Brown, Mary Jane and Tige.
(accessed on August 27, 2003).In 1902 New York Herald journal started publishing comics that readers loved. Historically made of black leather, by the twenty-first century Mary Janes came in a variety of colors, some with embroidery and patterns. In the early twenty-first century, chunky, thick-soled styles of Mary Janes made by Simple Shoes of California were worn by trendy young women, while more delicate designs made of supple leather and thin, feminine bars were worn by some women for work and casual wear. While Mary Janes have remained popular young girls' footwear, adult women began to wear them in the 1960s. Buster Brown è un personaggio immaginario protagonista di una omonima serie a fumetti creata nel 1902 da Richard Felton Outcault che era conosciuto per la sua associazione con la Brown Shoe Company. A common style of children's shoe since before the twentieth century, Mary Janes became popular among women in the late twentieth century.īar shoes became known as Mary Janes after the Brown Shoe Company of Missouri began marketing the shoes named after the popular cartoon character Buster Brown and his sister Mary Jane in 1904. Mary Janes, also called bar shoes, are simple, flat-soled shoes with bars, or straps, across the instep that fasten with a buckle or button, and, for more recent styles, with Velcro.
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