1922 is a footwear company based in covent garden london . it specialises in ballet shoes and theatrical footwear as well as making high quality fashion footwear for men and women . they are perhaps best known as the shoemakers responsible for the beatle boot . contents 1 company history 1.1 notable clients 1.2 production 1.3 royal warrants granted 2 references 3 external links company history edit anello & davide was founded in 1922 by anello and davide gandolfi . they supplied bespoke dance shoes to london theatres and went on to provide shoes for films from the 1930s onwards . from the 1960s onwards the performance footwear that anello & davide sold became fashionable street wear . one particularly successful woman s style was the tap dancer s shoe with a bar strap and ribbon bows . these shoes were able to be easily customised by the wearer . 1 it was a mark of recognition for anello & davide s footwear when two of their designs were selected to complete two of the first three dress of the year ensembles . they provided black leather kinky boots to accompany a mary quant ensemble in 1963 and a pair of shoes for a john bates dress in 1965 . 2 notable clients edit beatle boots originated at anello & davide in the early 1960s . when john lennon and paul mccartney of the beatles saw chelsea boots in the shop they commissioned four pairs with cuban heels . this modified version of a chelsea boot is now known as a beatles boot . 3 anello & davide footwear is frequently mentioned in passing in theatrical memoirs and biographies of the mid 20th century london scene . the beatle boots had a particular mystique with mark feld later marc bolan purchasing his first pair from anello & davide after a london wide search for the perfect footwear to complete his mod outfit . 4 barbara orbison the widow of the singer roy orbison remembered how when she met her future husband in 1968 his boots were always made by anello & davide . 5 in addition to the beatles anello & davide list marilyn monroe peter ustinov orson welles margaret rutherford jane fonda and david niven as having been amongst their celebrity customers . they have also provided footwear to stage musicals such as cats and mamma mia and to films including the indiana jones and star wars franchises . 6 anello & davide are occasionally credited as the shoemakers who made the ruby slippers worn by judy garland as dorothy gale in the wizard of oz . 7 8 this is not the case as surviving shoes for the 1939 film are clearly labelled as being from the innes shoe company in los angeles . 9 on their website anello & davide simply state they have been called upon to create unforgettable cinema icons such as dorothy s unforgettable red slippers form sic the wizard of oz . . 6 it is more probable that the firm provided the plain red leather shoes with louis heels that were customised for the 1985 film return to oz 10 or at the very least made replicas for stage productions . production edit it takes an average of six months to make each pair of custom shoes using a cast of the client s foot . 8 on february 15 2009 anello & davide s warehouse in park royal was seriously damaged by fire destroying their stock machinery and their collection of celebrity foot casts . among the casts lost were those of queen elizabeth ii and queen elizabeth the queen mother . 8 in may 2004 anello & davide produced their first ready to wear shoe collection for men . they offered 25 contemporary classic designs including slip on loafers and scooter boots . 11 royal warrants granted edit 1997 royal warrant for the queen mother 2001 royal warrant for her majesty the queen . references edit glenville tony for de la haye amy editor 1996 . shoes . the cutting edge 50 years of british fashion 1947 1997 . v & a. p. 167 . isbn 1 85177 194 8 . archived copy . archived from the original on 2009 02 16 . retrieved 2009 02 05 . the fashion museum bath bramwell tony 2004 . magical mystery tours my life with the beatles . robson . p. 34 . isbn 0 312 33043 x. paytress mark bolan the rise and fall of a 20th century superstar 2002 isbn 0 7119 9293 2 interview with barbara orbison the sunday times 29 october 2006 a b anello & davide official website fairchild jill & gallagher gerri where to wear london fashion shopping from a z where to wear international ltd 2005 isbn 0 9766877 4 7 a b c londoner s diary holy smoke the royal feet go up in flames archived july 1 2009 at the wayback machine . the evening standard 19 february 2009 ruby slippers stolen . ruby slipper fan club . archived from the original on 17 june 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 15 . ruby slipper production notes from return to oz taken from volume 29 of the baum bugle hotstyle metro tuesday 6 may 2004 external links edit official website photograph mods try on beatle boots at anello & davide 1965 . museum of london . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anello % 26 davide & oldid 744212277 categories shoe designersshoe companies 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