Weird looking shoe help

Any idea on these shoes? they look like doll shoes?
TIA

 

Are they doll size?

 

no, it says 39non bottom of sole.. but probably 6 or 6 1/2 a little big on my size 6 foot

 

so, not for a doll then.

 

39 is normally a European size equivalent to U.S. 8 1/2.

Could they be big enough to be a women's 8 1/2?

Does look like something is missing, sole insert? Not sure.

 

the thin sole and poor quality ...looks like some summer shoe made by a trades person for tourist sale....... not an antique !

 

possibly, they r big on me, but 8 1/2? not too sure there that big

 

I thought they were possibly fir an older woman?? I swear I remember a lady wearing something like these when I was younger

 

They look unfinished to me.

 

They look brand new as in never worn, not as in made today.
Do you have the original box?

 

No box, they look like they were never worn..

 

They look like they were made for something like bowling. Flat, non skid sole.
Not high end, economical version.
https://www.google.com/search?clien....243.1j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.kAT7lYcNzyg


Oh, and I think they are from the 1960s-70s

 

Sorry, nope... as former owner of a bowling center, it's just the opposite, bowling shoes must slide. At least for traditional ten pin bowling.

(Edited to add: bottoms on bowling shoes are leather or have leather patch)

It's so rare that my bowling history is ever useful.

 

JMHO. semi-ware. missing a piece in another color or missing shaft for half-boots.

 

Obviously, I'm not a bowler.

Still, I think they had a purpose.
They don't look like every day walking shoes.

 

I agree... but the only thing I can think of is doll cosplay and I'm not sure that was a "thing" (at least not a public thing, lol) when these were made.

 

They certainly could have been post-World War II shoes from one of the communist countries, for instance. Some place without a lot of resources and a closed border. Here's a blog about Soviet shoes, for example.

https://dreamyraccoonsale.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/womens-shoe-fashion-in-the-ussr-part-iii/



Debora

 

Tricia is in the UK I believe. 39 is roughly a 6 to 6 1/2 UK. I take a 37.5 which is a 4 1/2.

I think those are an overshoe.

 

And I’m a 40 and wear a U.K. 7.5

Does the back fold in and down? Almost looks like some kind of babouche. Unusual shoe IMO

 

I wonder if they were a prototype design.