Obviously pointy toes were the rage in the 1950s, and the pump ruled whether plain or sling-backed as shown here. Heels were much more slender than in prior decades although not considerably higher than in the 1940s when platform shoes first emerged.
Shoe clips be came popular again to decorate plain pumps. But these shoe accessories were much smaller in size for the most part since '50s shoes were daintier overall when compared with the chunky styles of prior decades.
