Shoes
Object number2010.26.11 a,b
Date1960-1969
OriginItaly
Mediumnylon
Credit LineGift of James Dean
DescriptionPair of brown patent leather shoes, shiny and dull. Heels made of amber, translucent.Dimensions(a) Height: 4.875 ; Width: 3.875 ; Length: 11.875(b) H: 4.75 ; W: 3.875 ; L: 11.75
Inscriptions
Marks(a)
Printed on lining, "6828 11 1/2".
Printed on sole, "PRIME 9".
(b)
Printed on lining, "6828 11 1/2".
Label inner sole, black with metallic gold embroidery, "CALZATURE DI LUSS... / mauro/ MADE IN ITAL..."
Historical NotesHeeled-shoes worn by hairstylist Alfred "Deano" Dean. On October 22, 1926, Dean was born in Herron Hill. He moved to New York where he graduated from beauty school, but eventually returned to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be with his father. In the mid-1970s, he became the first African American hairstylist at the salon in Horne's Department Store. Dean was known for his incredible sense of style and his talent with a curling iron, breaking through racial barriers and creating hair styles for both white and black women. After Horne's closed, Dean opened a salon on the Boulevard of the Allies called Izzazu. He died on January 12, 2010, due to complications with prostate cancer.
Previous owner
Alfred Dean
(1926 - 2010)
Related institution
Izzazu Salon
Related institution
Joseph Horne Company
(1849 - 1994)
On View
Not on view
1960s
Hanan & Son
Dr. Scholl's
1985-2005
