Roger Vivier

Paris shoemaker who made shoes for Dior and created the stiletto heel in the 1950s.

Roger Vivier was a shoemaker and designer who opened his first studio in Paris. In the 1950s he made shoes for Christian Dior and developed the slender, high heel.

The Belle Vivier pump with a square buckle of 1965 became famous when Catherine Deneuve wore it in the film Belle de jour in 1967. The brand was revived after his death.

The rectangular buckle on pumps.

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