Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy - Hardcover
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Colin McDowell looks at the exclusive world of the bespoke shoemaker, charts the rise of quality mass manufacture and highlights the world of the great designers, such as Perugia and Ferragamo, as well as those of today: Vivier, Clergerie and Blahnik, and their counterparts in the new generation of shoe designers. He also delves into the darker realms of fetishism and imagination, revealing the place of high-heeled shoes and tightly-laced boots as objects of erotic fantasy, and their relation to the fairytale images of Cinderella's slipper and seven-league boots.
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An extravagant galaxy of illustrations, many in electrifying color, that range from sandals to slingbacks, from brogues to Beattle boots, taking in clogs and cowboy boots, platforms, Doc Martens, sneakers and loafers. Fashion writer McDowell tells how the shoe evolved into today's fashion statement and highlights the work of both predecessor and co
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- PublisherRizzoli Intl Pubns
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0847811123
- ISBN 13 9780847811120
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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