Herbert Levine x Joseph Magnin Orange Patent \"Lucite Ball\" Rosette Mod Pumps 5B For Sale

An incredibly rare, museum-quality piece of mid-century American footwear history. This exquisite pair represents an elite co-branded partnership between avant-garde designer/manufacturer Herbert Levine and the legendary, trendsetting West Coast specialty department store The Joseph Magnin Company.

True to the luxurious, symmetrical branding format of the era, the left shoe features the gold-stamped Herbert Levine logo, and the right shoe features the iconic, elegant cursive Joseph Magnin logo.

-Design Highlights: Features Levine’s legendary 1960s signature structural accent—a clear, three-dimensional "Lucite Ball" bubble ornament securely affixed to the toe box. Nested perfectly inside each transparent sphere is a matching orange ribbon rosette. Designed with a sculptural, chunky mid-height Mod heel and a slightly squared toe character typical of the late 1960s "Youthquake"

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-Collector Value Notes: Variations of Herbert Levine's experimental "Lucite Ball" styles are preserved in permanent museum archives, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Finding a pair in a striking pop-art neon colorway with perfectly preserved lucite ornaments—and carrying the highly coveted Joseph Magnin West Coast retail pedigree—is exceptionally rare