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Instead, there were white-and-turquoise fishermen sandals and heelless dress shoes.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Wrote Evitts Dickinson: “The 1940s became the decade of the McCardell woman, clad in casual jersey, wearing wrap dresses or pantsuits with pockets, going braless, maybe, and heelless, and feeling confident in her stylish attire.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2022

There the 58-year-old Jefferson, scandalizing British Minister Merry by receiving him in comfortable, heelless slippers, created an international sensation when he dispensed with precedents at State functions.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore narrow cotton trousers, black heelless slippers, and a frogged Chinese smock.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Shoes continued in the same heelless sandal character to the sixties for evening wear, but from the forties most outdoor shoes had a heel and large rosettes.

From Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Hughes, Talbot