{"product_id":"pavimento-taranto-by-opat-1960s-gunmetal-kitten-heels","title":"Pavimento · Taranto by Opat 1960s Gunmetal Kitten Heels, AU 8","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunmetal crinkled textile · short stacked heel · ornamental square buckle · Taranto by Opat Bros · made in Melbourne · 1960s · AU 8 · EU 39 · UK 6 · US 8\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGunmetal crinkled textile upper, a very short stacked heel, and at the vamp a square ornamental buckle set low and perpendicular to the foot. The buckle does not fasten anything; it simply declares itself. The upper material catches the light like watered silk, textured without being coarse, grey without being flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaranto by Opat Bros Pty Ltd\u003c\/em\u003e, Melbourne, 1960s. The Opat Brothers were among Melbourne's significant mid-century shoe manufacturers, working through the period when Australian leather goods were still made here, when a shoe could be local and also beautiful. The \u003cem\u003eTaranto \u003c\/em\u003eline sat in the formal register without quite being occasion wear, the kind of shoe that finished a good outfit rather than competing with it. The buckle detail is the whole personality: a piece of jewellery incorporated into the structure, doing nothing functional, communicating everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shoe that knows precisely what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44108990152838,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_2914copy.jpg?v=1782266807","url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/products\/pavimento-taranto-by-opat-1960s-gunmetal-kitten-heels","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}