buckle shoes
Strap-and-clasp loafers
Buckle shoes are shoes fastened with a buckle rather than laces, buttons, or other closures.
The style was standard footwear in Europe and America through the 18th century and remains associated with Pilgrim costumes, colonial dress, and formal children's wear.
Modern buckle shoes appear in women's fashion and men's dress styles like monk straps: She wore patent leather buckle shoes to the recital.
- strapNarrow flexible binding material
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
- colonialOf occupied territories
- colonial eraAge of overseas dominion
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- footwearboot, sandal, boots, pumps, sandals
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- dress shoesoxfords, loafers, pumps, brogues, derbies
- witch itemsbroomstick, broom, cauldron, pointed hat, pointy hat
- colonial clothingbonnet, bodice, doublet, breeches, petticoat
- vintage accessoriespocket watch, monocle, parasol, fan, lorgnette