I Made Witchy Edwardian Shoes by Hand!
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In the 1910s, the curvy high heeled shoe was the mode, with complex cut outs, detailed decorations, and severe angles. Some of the styles look nearly impossible to wear, let alone make! Yantorny was at the fore-front of curvy shoes with styles that had rounded insteps and sloping arches. Numerous other shoe brands copied the shape and applied their own twist. In the end even the simplest of black pumps were a sculptural masterpiece.
So how were these shoes made? How did they get their shape? And most importantly, could they actually be worn comfortably? I'm delving into the construction of shoes of the 1910s to help answer all of these questions. While mass produced shoemaking has changed drastically in the last 100 years, making a pair of shoes by hand is still a skill and art that has survived the passage of time.
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I have the bernadette shoes, and so I ended up squealing outloud “THOSE ARE MY SHOES!!” when I saw the picture lol!
Me too! 😂 I’m still waiting for mine to arrive, but I keep going back to American Duchess to stare at them for a bit
Where did you get them?
@@2degucitas from American Duchess, they have a website & make all sorts of gorgeous shoes
Hey! If you don't mind me asking, how's the back of the bernadette shoes? Is it very hard? And how do they walk? I've been tempted to buy one for a while now but I have massive cry baby feet haha.
@@LilyNionPrivate some of the most comfortable high heels i’ve worn! I’m quite the shoe collector too! The heel isn’t pinchy or hard but still supportive, and the high heel sits directly under the center of your heel (I hope that wasn’t too confusing😖) as for overall comfort: very comfy! For high heels that is, but trust me I have nerve pain in the soles of my feet and I can wear them with no issue. If you’re going to get them but still a bit worried, i have a trick where i’ll buy a size up and then put a insole in for extra comfort, but I didn’t do that this time.
You basically just took "needed a thing so made the thing" to a whole new level and I'm just 😯
Is there anything you CAN'T do? You make corsets, you make shoes, you can tailor clothing. If the Apocalypse comes, I'm coming to Nevada, I want to be on your team.
Me too!
Samesies 😭 I’ll bring chickens and goats 😭
Me too....um...I'll bring vege seeds and my cat and dog....wait for me...
There’s a team! I’m in.
🤣🤣 she will probably have her own garden this summer.
19:30 this is actually how pointe shoes for ballet are still made today! Hand turned with multiple layers of paste glue, cardboard and felt (I believe) that are then baked in an oven to set the glue!
Not all of them have felt (my Grishko's didn't) but there is a lot of cardboard and canvas and animal glues in there! That is why (gently) baking them can give them a few hours more life, it sorta re-melts the glue and it works into the cardboards and then hardens in a more cohesive shape. Smells horrible though. It's pretty easy to tell which animals the glue came from when it's warm 😬
I came here to make the same comment! Lol
"Hummm, I need a specific shoe style and nothing else will do." "So I shall MAKE my own."
I'm blown away and so impressed. Wow
That's what yu call having a real, viable skill, right? Lol. I'm so jealous.
"Yantorny shoes" - always nice to finally be able to put a name to the style of shoe that I have preferred my whole life, yet have never been able to adequately describe. Just spent a gorgeous 15 minutes on the Met Museum website browsing, and picking my imaginary ideal shoes from their gallery of his creations. Thank you!
I’m so pleased to know I’m not the o Oy one fantasy shopping the Met!
I wish I owned a pair of these!
Why can't be modern shoes this beautiful? Hello?
These are GORGEOUS!
Shoes like this are manufactured. They’re very expensive.
Totally agree, i know they are expensive, but they last and look perfect. I refuse to buy or wear modern high heel shoes. For me, they are plain ugly, meaningless and a cruel joke on our feet. Who came up with those anyway?
@@samantha4130 My mom got to the point where, though she never went to far as to commission custom made shoes, she did start buying and eventually replaced all of her shoes with Italian made shoes ...... and her feet had never before been so comfortable. Expensive ..... yes and oh so more comfortable.
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Exactly. I think what most people fail to notice is shoes like these would be top dollar back in the day and most of us viewers would not be able to afford them back then. If you don’t know this type of quality still widely exists, you simply are just ignorant.
@@tinydancer7426 Oh I can imagine that they would fit like a dream
These shoes are just... *chef's kiss*. Absolutely gorgeous 😍
Oh so beautiful! Seeing the entire process is oh-so-amazing. Thank you so much and Blessings, dear Lady.
"I need them" said every shoeaholic by the end!!
Iam inpressed
"I need it... nd I know that I'm going to suffer with it... but I need it" THIS. THIS REPRESENTS ME WHEN I CHOOSE SOME PROYECTS TO DO
It's so painfully relatable
Honestly was considering going into cobbling because victorian shoes are perfection-- realized it's easier and cheaper in the long run to just buy the 200 dollar shoes that's gonna last (hee hee) forever.
Honestly was considering going into cobbling because victorian shoes are perfection-- realized it's easier and cheaper in the long run to just buy the 200 dollar shoes that's gonna last (hee hee) forever.
We already knew you were some kind of witch/magician because how else could you make all of this amazing stuff, now you just have shoes to match.
When the inspiration picture pops up and Bernadette's video about said shoes and AD wrapcape is in your suggestions list next to the video.
Nah... I genuinely wouldn't know which pair you were talking about ;)
You and Abby are gonna kill me uploading so close to each other. I’m far too excited.
You should check out Vicky Di'encecco (probably totally butchered her surname) she is a shoemaker as well and her channel is only shoemaking. Noelle from costuming drama actually commissioned Vicky to make her a pair of shoes and Vicky is filming the whole process to put on her channel when they're done.
I really enjoy the care, detail and explanation that you put into your work, Nicole. It takes your videos from being something I watch to something I experience. What is the oldest tool that you own that you still utilize on on a regular basis?
When someone says they kicked themself, they usually aren't that literal! I'm glad there was no lasting damage! Thanks for another great video!
“No last-ing damage.” 😸
If those shoes ended up being comfortable to walk in, I could see them becoming an easy pair to slip on when you don’t want to have to deal with laces or buttons, but still want to look fabulous.
I was having such a challenging day and was feeling so sick, who knew watching shoe making to a soothing piano backtrack could lift me this much? Thank you!
As a chemo patient I agree with you niamh no. Nicole is part of my therapy team :-) lovely and makes my seritonin happy
@@ellenbrunot3802 Good luck and I hope whatever you are battling with chemo gets kicked to the curb permanently! 💞
I understand why you are excited about those shoes. They are absolutely beautiful. And I really enjoyed seeing the entire process.
I just love how people have an endless way of manifesting artistic creativity. It’s truly miraculous and inspiring. And...Oh yah, I really love shoes.
These shoes look incredible! And shoemaking is such a fascinating skill to watch :)
Do you know when the next part of the 1920s man's suit is coming out? I can't wait to see the rest! (And I plan to try to do one for myself)
kinda obsessed with how you're like "hmm I need some shoes.. I guess I'll just make 'em!" like it's nothing LOL
I have to admit. I still can't believe I can even make my own clothes and it blows my mind how many talented people there are out here doing that but watching you explain how you make shoes and then watch you actually MAKE your own shows really makes me feel like an underachiever. WOW! Do you make shoes for other people too? I am sure you would have to charge alot. That is so much detail and personalization. Beautiful.
I am sooo impressed by this. Making your own shoes. Wonderfully creative and one thousand times above the usual. Thank you so much for this experience.
nicole, not only do your videos have the absolute best unintentional asmr, but i get so engrossed watching you create. its cool enough to watch people creating clothing from draping on a form. i hope to learn that one day. but watching someone create a shoe last and build their own shoes that look historically correct?? that's just beyond awesome! so many arts have been lost to manufacturing and foreign workers. i was a soap maker for 20 years. we sold at craft shows. people who appreciated the art that went into creating a really good and pretty bar of soap had no problem paying our prices, but the ones who are accustomed to shopping at walmart and buying $1 bars of soap, yeah, we heard their comments and they were not our customers. i just wanted to say how i really enjoy watching these nearly lost arts still being held on to in the 21st century.
Wish we had shoes like that readily available today. They're stunning!
exquisitely , perfectly wonderful. the sharp scissors, the knives, the amazing tool for working on the last with the tacks, I just love watching your shoe making vids.
General curiosity questions: You know how leather shoes stretch and shape with wear, how do yours do generally? since you make the last as close to your foot already, does that pre-stretch most of that for you? do the shoes get too stretched over time?
Nicole you are one of my favourite creators on here, just incredible craftswomanship, so meticulous and patient, a joy to watch as always! Just beautiful
I taught myself some basic shoemaking in order to replace the saddle stitching on my cowboy boots, your shoemaking videos aren’t related skills wise but they really showed me that this was something i would be able to do myself and it made the process a lot less scary. Anyway it took me like 10 hours, 20 feet of thread and 3 broken needles to unpick, reglue and stitch this pair of boots. But I’m so glad I did it, it’s amazing to learn a new skill and immediately apply it to your own life! (And I dare say the job I did is better than the original stitching)
Gorgeous make! Definitely falling in love with shoe making. Just love watching craftspersons do their thing. They look like a rightly spooky addition to the dress, can't wait to see them together!
Learning woodworking, leatherwork, and sewing seem to be the main staples of this occupation. Do people take apprentices for this sort of thing anymore?
I have none of these tools and none of the skills, so there is no way on earth I could follow your process. Yet I am FASCINATED and watched all the way through.
Just ignore me dying over how gorgeous those shoes turned out.
Also yay for the elastic in the shoes, it helps to keep it on your foot without looking like it wants to fly away.
Nicole, I love the variety of the things you make in your videos! First clothes, then accessories, now shoes... It really emphasizes the head-to-toe nature of historical outfits! I love it.
I've always been so impressed with the time, patience and artistry it takes to make a single pair of shoes, even mass produced ones. These turned out absolutely beautiful💖
When I was in high school I looked up how to make shoes once and I was SUPER overwhelmed. (Especially as someone that is a hard fit) watching yours and Morgan Donner’s videos however have made me want to try.
Those are gorgeous! Watching you make shoes reminds me of my cobbler grandfather making handmade shoes for people with deformed feet and built-up shoes for polio victims who had one leg shorter than the other. They needed the height difference corrected so they could walk more normally. I’m sure all his old equipment went to the junkyard and that makes me sad. For several years after he died, people would knock on the door looking for him because no one else in town could make their shoes. This is truly a lost art you are continuing, Nicole!
These are absolutely incredible Nicole! ...now I have to talk myself out of picking up another hobby since I might hate shoe shopping more than any other type of shopping....even if I don't have space for this 😬😬😬😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣
But seriously Nicole, these are gorgeous and I'm excited for the whole outfit to come together.
You are so adorable and charming! It's such a pleasure to listen to you. Truly. Thank you for all the effort you have gone to to share this with us.
I watched the entire process of your creating these shoes. It was so relaxing and lovely to watch you do this. Who makes their own shoes, especially vintage ones? Nicole, you are just unbelievably creative and brave. Please keep doing this. It is good for my soul to watch you create.
Never have I seen any shoes with a design that spoke more to my soul!😍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 They are exquisite and you a magical queen
Imagining a movie about the inspirations taken from that fashion plate a la Self-Made, Joy.
These are so beautiful.
The amount of skilled work you are able to apply to grant your own wishes put genii and mere mortals both to shame!
My mind is totally blown, and I am in awe. 💖
Thank you for all the detail about the process. It was so cool to everything that goes into designing and making shoes. I know I will never make my own, but Im glad there are people out there with these mad skills.
These shoes are so amazing looking. I'm in complete awe that a person could just make something like this. You are truly next level of flex.
I would love to have a pair of these with black or grey elastic to make it more monochrome. Sadly I definitely do not have the time to make my own shoes or the budget for custom ones
This is my first time seeing shoes made! Oh my goodness am I ever impressed with you! What a fantastic result!
LOVE! I'm impressed with how incredibly slim they are and your astounding abilities at last making. It is a beast I've yet to attempt! Also, I'm going to have to hit you up about that cardboard shank situation, I'm very intrigued indeed!
You could, theoretically, soak your wood last in a polymer to give it a longer lifespan; but maybe easier would be making a plaster of paris form and then 'pouring' a polymer/sawdust casting.
For your sander, get your shop vac and just make a coat hanger bracket to hold the hose near the baseplate and just turn it on. Or, use a bit of PVC and pipe hangers to make a permanent mount on the baseplate that you 'plug' your vacuum hose into. It will probably suck up 90 percent of the flying sawdust and cut down on those annoying 'clogs.' Learned that years and years ago building a kit car in the garage and dealing with fiberglass and filler dust.
This is a super useful idea for a dust management that I could 100% do with things i already own. Thank you for commenting with this!
so when and where can I buy them? :D they are just perfection in shoe form...
When a woman needs something, she will definitely find a way to get it. )
Damn girl is there anything you can't do? I wouldn't know where to even begin on making my own shoes. They came out absolutely BEAUTIFUL. The 1910s have always been my favorite decade in fashion. That beautiful bridge of fancy Edwardian and 1920s modern
I know I just watched the entire process on you researching, designing, and creating these shoes but it’s still unbelievable when you cut to your wearing the final product!
Absolutely gorgeous, wow!
You’re so cool! I did leatherwork as a hobby for years, but never got to learn to make shoes. Those shoes are just awesome! I’ve been so excited for you to put up this video...it didn’t disappoint, it exceeded expectations. I can’t wait ‘til next week!!! Be well, Nicole!
Pietro Yantory was a genius! I would kill to have a pair of shoes like the ones he made back then
These shoes are pure magic, and watching you make them was an absolute treat. I so admire your skill! The time and effort that went into the research and crafting really shows, and the result is glorious!
Waouw, I'm so impressed. The skillset required to make these shoes is totally different from the usual sewing, yet Nicole still smashes it :o
There's something really beautiful about seeing how the leather eases over the last. It makes me think of the kid leather ballet flat slippers I used to wear when I was taking ballet classes. In a way I think I've been looking all my life for shoes that fit me as well as those buttery split-sole ballet flats did. There was something so intimately *mine* about them because they mold to your feet, and there's a sense of gratitude to them for the art they allow you to engage in, as well. But nothing will ever fit exactly the way they do, and that's kind of the very specific nature of a ballet slipper, you know? A good pair is like a second skin. But watching the toe of the upper on these shoes stretch down and sort of tuck into the area where the sole will cover them is so, so satisfying!
I am in AWE of the work in this video! Absolutely amazing and superhuman craftspersonship and attention to detail!
I am a hobby shoemaker (men’s Oxfords) and I am so excited to find you channel and watch. Your enthusiasm is awesome... I know exactly how you feel about visualizing what you have I your head.. I can’t wait to watch your videos!!
>>. Your sewing machine is fantastic with leather, so slow and even! Just FYI, if I might, cover the liner and the last with baby powder before you last it and it makes removal much easier at the end. Also, I mist the liner and upper with warm water in spray bottle before the first lasting, let it dry overnight before you remove nails.. it conforms beautifully this way to complex shapes. They came out beautiful!
Thank you for showing the process in such amazing detail. This was incredibly inspiring, and the shoes are absolutely gorgeous! It's fascinating how the shape of the shoe makes the feet look as if they're flowing smoothly from the ankle down like water.
Ahhh so beautiful. I know very little about how shoes are made so it's amazing to be able to see every step of the process and have it demystified.
This was beautiful. Seriously. I love the music choice, I love the shoe choice, and I'm going to be honest. I'm jealous of you on this. Hopefully after a few years I'll be able make shoes this gorgeous too.
What amazing skill, talent, and tenacity to take these beautiful shoes from a block of wood to a fully formed pair!! Amazing!!
i fully understand the absolute *need* for these shoes!
OMGoodness - I can’t believe you are showing us how to recreate a pair of *shoes* with the ease of a chef making a pasta dish! Amazingly great job!!!
I’ve been home sick with COVID for two weeks now, and this is the most unusual and interesting video I’ve seen! I agree, this style is the most graceful and lovely shoe in the history of footwear…I think my love for the Victorian, Edwardian, and in a bit to the 20’s starts at the shoe.
Thank you for such a fantastic video!
And that was the thing that pushed me over into making my own shoe last for this project. It doesn’t look too hard and my dad has a belt sander. Now to sort out the wood. I don’t need anything complex, really just a straight last. But very wide feet with very high arches and wide toes mean I’d need to get custom lasts echo how I can’t afford.
Traditionally made shoes is such a complicated craft, but few realize that one needs a different last for every style and size made, an ongoing obstacle to many budding cobblers. Wonderful to show the whole process,which few get to see, but carving your own last is inspirational! I have boxes full of old lasts in awful styles, time to pull them out and re-carve!
I’m a shoemaker ( by far like you 😅). I’ve study in Portugal but I haven’t been working as it for a long time know. See your work made me miss this beautiful art of work.
Is something that I’m proud to have learned, and even today I become amazed with how a form of art is making shoes or clothes.
Thank you very much for your videos, and most particularly for the ones it shows you making the patterns and the last and building everything from scratch. It remembers me my time in my academy ☺️😁
This may very well be my favourite video of yours yet! I love watching the shoemaking process and you do it and explain it with such skill!
I just recently started watching your channel and that is EPIC! With tongue in cheek, I call myself an artistic genius because I can do almost anything creative and pride myself on seeing things and thinking, "I can do that!" It has never even crossed my mind to make my own shoes. And they are gorgeous, too. Just WOW!
It just never gets old to watch this over and over...The bat wing witch shoe is just beautiful! I love that the heel (gibson?) is centered and thus I know I could walk in it all day! GOTTA GET SOME bernadettes! I'd buy this too!
Nicole be working as fast as a machine to bring us amazing content every week 👌👌👌
Thank you for sharing your craft. When I am doing a Uni assignment and I need a friend to work beside me, I put on your videos. Big hugs xxx
Gorgeous work, thank you for sharing. I could watch you make shoes ofr hours.
And yeah we've all had those "kick yourself in the head" moments in the workshop...
I am completely in awe with this. The process of making these shoes looks like magic to me. This is wonderful!
Extremely enjoyable to watch you make those lovely shoes! I would get a bowl of popcorn and gladly watch the full length movie of you doing each step. Carving, Cutting, Stitching, Tapping... I loved it all!
What I love most about vintage clothing and shoes they are beautiful pieces of art that was displayed for the public for everyone to see when wearing them and they were proud to wear them no piece is the same.
Oh my god, you are so multi skilled it's awe inspiring. PLEASE MAKE THESE SHOES FOR THE AMERICAN DUTCHESS BRAND! I'm begging you, I'll buy them without hesitation. I love my bernadette shoes so much I wish I could just keep them on my feet forever. You and the other American dutchess crew inspire me to do so much more with my sewing and historical fashion. You also make me want to start cobbling shoes.
You'll have to ask her! I haven't worked there in a few months.
You amaze me at your skill and your hands seem not to have blemishes or wounds that I would expect someone of this trade to have..BRAVA to you!
This was very satisfying to watch and really gives me a better appreciation for shoe making. You have really out done yourself with these, Nicole. You should be so proud. They are simply stunning.
The toe and heel stiffener has to have the skin layer sanded to get the epidermis layer removed, just like how the sole is done. Toe and heel stiffener must be skin down touching the last/lining. The flesh side needs to be shaved to get the loose hair bits lessened. It also needs to be heavily glued with some sort of stiffener paste to the stiffener and lining and upper. Most people use regular white glue for the toe and heel stiffener(some people use a different stiffener product for the heel to make it slightly less hard). The last step is it needs to be hammered to compress it. The sole and heel stacks also need to be hammered hard so the leather is compressed and does not prematurely wear thin.
A specific shoemaking metal piece needs to be inserted in between the sole and insole to prevent the instep from sagging.
Also the only thing holding the foot in that shoe is the top line of the shoe. You can make the pattern tighter to get a tighter fit. Some shoes like that have a very precise wavy top line just to get more grip/tightness. The last thing is the vertical cut on the heel can be slightly exaggerated by a few millimetres per side so when you stitch it together it wraps tighter to the shoe.
Very minor changes. Regardless, that is very impressive with how you made your own last, and made a very complex and presentable shoe.
I know nothing of shoe making... but these are beautiful, and that's all I feel I need to know. Wonderful, and I'm so glad you're happy with them. Also, this was an absolute joy to watch, speaking as a person who enjoys watching people do what they love (and also enjoys learning about new things!).
NGL, those luscious beauties are among the most stunning shoes I’ve ever seen - and I’m a shoe fanatic/hoarder! I would SOOO love to add those to my hoard. 🖤 The nude-colored elastic insert and the nude stockings modeled at the end ... chef’s kiss! Magnificent work and beautiful video, as always.
I am completely hipnotized by your handwork. It's beautiful to se the shoe being BORN.
I am just amazed, this is my first of Nicole's videos and I haven't seen anyone make shoes on costube before, so, just, wow.
My grandfather was a cobbler too, beautiful handmade shoes. He would approve x
this is the first time i see someone making shoes from a to z . I wanted so much to know how to do it. This is one of my dream projects and I'm so excited to try something
Watching you make these was so fascinating and relaxing.
I learned a lot, thanks. Shoe making is very impressive to me. I'd love to someday make custom shoes and clothing based on my own original designs!
That was absolutely amazing! I’m all about making things myself but you just took it to another level!
My great-great grandfather and his brother were shoemakers in the late 1800s and while this project is a bit later than that, I feel like watching this video has given me a tiny bit of insight into how they must have spent their days.
Fantastic! I got instantly hooked to your videos. The 1910 to 1920's era is a time I have a deep connection and loving for myself.
I actually bought a house built in 1919 and I feel the music even from that era living here.
About your shoes, wow.
My only comment to your working setup is that I believe you need a more sturdy placing when you nail or cut your leather edges or hammer. It seems rather unstable to create a perfect feel to the hammering as well, as it bounces on the lap. (I don't know, I am just speculating).
Also, I watched some very skilled shoe makers cut the sole in more detail AFTER they place the 'top lift' onto the heel. They don't cut it away from the sole but place the top lift on the the heel and then refine.
One more thing, and I might be a little picky here, but I am learning wood working. I saw your wood heel has some rough cuts, I was going to recommend that there are some nice wood files that will even those out.
Thank you very much, I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I'm watching this a year after the original post and am in awe of the expertise and craftsmanship. I'd have to say that the shoes of this era were stylish, but so narrow as to have never fit my feet.
Just... Wow. 😱 Not much surprises or impresses me truly on the internet anymore, but I really had that wonder and amasement feeling watching this. Amazing job. What an impressive set of skills you keep displaying.
Ooh! I really enjoyed getting to “ride along” with your process. Your design is so gorgeous; you explained everything really well, and every one of your shots was so beautifully framed and edited!
My meticulous-projects bucket-list includes making some shoes someday. A lot of the methods and materials you’re using are so similar to stuff I use in special-effects costume fabrication (helloooo, making-tape patterns and Barge, I’m looking at you...). Thank you so much for sharing your process and results! Your use of basswood for the lasts was inspiring, too; I love the sense that making a custom last doesn’t have to be super intimidating, that it’s ok to use a softwood for a prototype (or for just making a few pairs) and that you can have someone make a duplicate last out of sterner stuff once you decide that what you’ve made is the right shape for your needs. Thank you, thank you! Watching this, I learned so much about vintage shoemaking best practices that I hadn’t previously known.
These shoes are sooooooo beautiful and your craftsmanship is impeccable. I also ADORE your videos. They are so fascinating and your narration is so soothing.
I need more content like this, please and thank you. Watching you carve and mold is just so engaging.
I somehow ended up down the rabbit hole of you, Bernadette Banner and Karolina Zebrowska while painting some shelves and I'm not sure how given I don't really care about fashion, but it's interesting! And I may not care about fashion, let alone shoes (I don't even like wearing shoes lol) but I do love multipurpose tools, so I'm eyeing that tool that's got a clamp/pliers, a hammer, and a claw. That seems handy even outside shoemaking
Oh my gosh, those fine handsaws you used when making the last are just gorgeous!!
Nicole if you ever decide to do shoe commissions I think you will have quite a few people lining up for your services! Shoes are gorgeous so so pretty! You and Vicky amaze me with your creativity when making shoes