Vintage Shoes
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062007378 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An excellent book visually and informatively Jones As a shoe designer I own just about every book on shoes there is out there and I think this could be the best one yet. It is written by a real expert and the photos are excellent. It is a true comprehensive guide to the history of footwear fashion and also like a gorgeous glossy magazine with amazing fashion photography and historical references. I highly recommend this book to not j. Erin said Awesome. I loooove this book. It's so fun, and informative, and left me wishing I had a lot of these shoes. Great for any shoe fan.. Beautiful and Informative. This book is visually beautiful with lots of beautiful photos showing different and pretty shoes from different decades. The text is concise but highly informative with lots of details about the different designers and their sources of inspiration. Same as the other books in this series, there is a decade by decade summary showing the most significant trends prevailing through each e
As a bonus, a shopping and collecting guide offers pointers on sourcing and caring for vintage footwear, along with a glossary of shoe designers such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Manolo Blahnik, Vivienne Westwood, and many others. Vintage Shoes includes stunning fashion photography, specially commissioned photographs of period footwear, and the most collectible, exquisite, and fabulous shoe designs. This book is a must-have guide for those interested in collecting and wearing vintage shoes.. From the Back CoverDecade by decade, Vintage Shoes recounts more than one hundred years of the history of shoe design, highlighting the k
Caroline Cox, professor of cultural history at the University of the Arts London, is a leading fashion authority whose work explores the relationship between fashion, beauty, and culture. Her previous books include Stiletto, Seduction, and The Handbag.. A lecturer and broadcaster, she is also a cultural trends advisor at Vidal Sassoon
Caroline Cox takes fashion lovers on an exquisite journey through the most stylish footwear of the twentieth century. Vintage Shoes illuminates the crucial designers, key technical breakthroughs, and varied cultural influences that have shaped shoe fashion for the last hundred years—from André Perugia’s designs for society women in the 1920s to the Christian Louboutin red-soled shoes favored by celebrities today, and including designs by Salvatore Ferragamo, Charles Jourdan, Roger Vivier, Beth Levine, Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahnik, and others. Lavish fashion photography, specially commissioned photographs of rare period footwear, and a unique shopping guide—with tips on sourcing and caring for articles of vintage fashion—help make Vintage Shoes an unforgettable tour through a dazzling corner of haute couture history.