David Evins
David Evins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1907 Lithuania |
| Died | 1991 (aged 83–84) |
| Occupation | Shoe designer |
| Spouse(s) | Maida Heatter, Marilyn Evins |
David Evins (1909, Lithuania – 1991, New York) was an American shoe designer considered as the "king of pumps" and the "dean of American shoe designers".[3] He was in 1980 one of the founding members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.[4]
Life
Evins was born on July 17, 1907, David Ephraim Levin in Yanislik, Lithuania.[5][6][note 1] Shortly after, his family moved to London where his father worked as a furrier.[5] The family emigrated from England to the United States in 1920.[5] Evins studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and started working as an illustrator for a footwear magazine.[8] After working as a pattern maker for a few designers, he opened a factory in New York in 1947.[9]
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ^ Nottingham 2009, p. 31-33
- ^ Nottingham 2009, p. 53
- ^ "Cocktail Shoes". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1958.
- ^ "The Council of Fashion Designers of America - CFDA". Apparel Search.
- ^ a b c Nottingham 2009, p. 2
- ^ "Evins, David Ephraim Info". Fold3. October 16, 1940.
- ^ Finger, Mildred (November 16, 1982). David Evins Shoe Designer and Manufacturer (PDF). Fashion Institute of Technology.
- ^ Pattison, Angela (1998). A Century of shoes. Quarto. p. 16.
- ^ Fisher, Ian (December 29, 1991). "David E. Evins, 85, A Designer of Shoes For Ex-First Ladies". New York Times.
Bibliography
- Nottingham, Leslie L. (2009). Well Heeled Lifestyles: the Shoes of David Evins and the Women Who Wore Them, 1947-1991 (Master of Arts in the History of Decorative Arts thesis). Corcoran College of Art + Design.