Vintage footwear illustration

Does anyone know any good resources for vintage footwear illustration?

Hi Waxy

I guess it depends what you mean by “vintage”. The first link below is pretty old stuff, like early to mid 1900s, etc. Pretty interesting stuff.

The other 2 links below are old Nike sketches, like 1980-90s from Tinker and other designers. Really fun stuff to look at too.

Hope that helps.


http://vintageprintable.com/wordpress/vintage-printable-art-and-design/design-apparel/design-footwear/

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&biw=768&bih=928&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=OQlXUdm-JeeXigLv3oDIDw&q=tinker+hatfield+sketches&oq=tinker+hatfield+sketches&gs_l=img.12...0.0.0.4562.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..7.img.rfL5EFm31-o

http://nikeinc.com/news/nike-presents-20-designs-that-changed-the-game

Thanks for these. The first link was closest to what I was thinking, but the other two are appreciated too!

I have to go through the first one more, but for anyone else who might know of something- I’m looking for images similar to the ones in the first link- but focusing more on classic mens’ styles (wingtips, oxfords, brogues, etc.)

Gotcha. Here’s a link to a google search for “vintage shoe ads mens”. Scroll through and I think you’ll find more of what you’re looking for.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&biw=768&bih=928&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=pTFXUcigKunuiQLT-YHYBg&q=vintage+shoe+ads+mens&oq=vintage+shoe+ads+mens&gs_l=img.3...20256.22936.0.23530.5.5.0.0.0.0.70.284.5.5.0...0.0...1c.1.7.img.yhKsLH31nEI#

Thanks again- I was having trouble finding stuff on google but maybe I was using the wrong keywords… A couple years ago someone lent me a book that had all sorts of great stuff in it but I can’t remember what it was called (and they are really hard to get in touch with.)

ebay can be a good place to look, search for shoe design or shoe drawings.