Buckle shoes. When I was a little girl there were basically 2 kinds of shoes for kids: oxfords and buckle shoes, the latter worn mostly on Sundays. I had rheumatic fever as a girl and the medical opinion at the time was that I could have weak ankles. So each year as Easter approached, I wanted buckle shoes, but had to settle for saddle shoes.
Often the shoes had 2 sets of buckles. These shoes weren't quite the same as Mary Janes and weren't called that.
Never had a pair of spike heels either. By time I was tall, I didn't want to be taller. 3" my limit.
As an adult I have had many pairs of buckle sandals, but that 10-year old girl somewhere inside me still wishes she could have had a pair of white buckle shoes for spring.
Wearing short dress and lace up shoes!
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