Definition of saddle shoe
: an oxford-style shoe having a saddle of contrasting color or leather — called also
saddle oxford
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Growing up Catholic in America in the mid-century was a heady, paradoxical blend of excitement and repression, glamour and asceticism, mystery and cruelty, sensuality and sexism, beautiful lace mantillas and ugly saddle shoes.
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The Official Preppy Handbook served as a joke-slash-Bible to the preppy way of life, and in it, Swedish tennis shoe brand Tretorn was listed alongside Sperry Top-Siders and saddle shoes as the preppiest styles to wear.
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This time, Fanning laced into a pair of black and white saddle shoes embellished with all-over studs, which gave the ’50s schoolgirl staple a distinctly punk-rock edge.
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First Known Use of saddle shoe
1936
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Definition of saddle shoe for English Language Learners
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: a shoe that has one color on the toe and heel and a different color on the middle part
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