Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0857850385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From practical wardrobe accessories to objects of desire, this book is a stunning visual and fascinating historical reference exploring every aspect of shoes. Within the pages of this lavishly illustrated book, you’ll find the cultural mixed with the practical as the story of shoes unfolds from the foot-binding shoes of China to the infamous twenty-three-inch chopine platform shoe to the mens’ shoes worn by dandies of the eighteenth century to the move toward conservatism that brought the Wellington boot to the irresistible sex appeal of the high heel to the cult rise of the sneaker. From ancient times to the present, shoes have been so much more than things to walk in. Shoes is a revealing, insightful, and beautifully presented fashion history collection.. We use them to signal how fashionable we are, but beyond style, shoes can communicate our sexual desires, aesthetic sense, social status,
McNeil).. Giorgio Riello is Associate Professor in Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick. He has widely published on fashion, textiles, product innovation and design in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is the author of A Foot in the Past (2006) and co-editor of several volumes including The Fashion History Reader: Global Perspectives (2010 with P
"Great resource for research on shoes" according to Joyce Fishman. This is an excellent resource for my sister and I. We have a trademark Shoe Banter and a book coming out "Shoe Garden and Other Shoe Stories" We are writing a second book and will use the history from Sandals to Sneakers for research.. Five Stars A" must have" for shoeaholics! : ). Susann C. Miller said Five Stars. Fun book and FABULOUS photography.
(The Evening Standard)Charting their history, 'Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers, takes a peak at some of the best. (MANOLO BLAHNIK)Anyone who has ever spent the rent on a pair of impossibly high stilettos, has bought shoes that don't fit, or owns shoes they have never worn, will want to get their hands on this beautiful coffee-table tome. (STUART WEITZMAN) moves the shoe definitively from the margins of 'accessory' to the centre of fashion. (Zoom Fashion Portal)The work exemplifies the capacity to integrate historical enquiry, empirical investigation, hermeneutical theorizing, and a sense of delight in scholarship (Cultural Sociology