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David Evins

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Born1907
Lithuania
Died1991 (aged 83–84)
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationShoe designer Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Maida Heatter, Marilyn Evins
David Evins
Born1907
Lithuania
Died1991 (aged 83–84)
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationShoe designer Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Maida Heatter, Marilyn Evins
Evins's "shell" pump design, introduced in 1948, earned him a Coty Award and a Neiman Marcus Fashion Award.[1]
Evins designed the shoes worn by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955).[2]

David Evins (1909, Lithuania – 1991, New York) was an American shoe designer considered as the "king of pumps" and the "dean of American shoe designers".[3] He was in 1980 one of the founding members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.[4]

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