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Vintage Shoes

Collecting and wearing designer classics
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Vintage Shoes traces a century of shoe history, highlighting iconic designs from Andre Perugia in the 1920s to Christian Louboutin's famously red soles. Featuring archive images, fashion photography, and commissioned shots of rare period shoes, it showcases collectible and exceptional footwear through the ages. The book explores key designers, technical innovations and cultural influences shaping shoe fashion, with exquisite creations by names such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Charles Jourdan, Roger Vivier, Beth Levine, Vivienne Westwood and Manolo Blahnik.
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Vintage Shoes recounts a century of shoe history. The book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped shoe fashions, presenting exquisite footwear from key designers.

An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped shoe fashions, presenting exquisite footwear from such trailblazers as Salvatore Ferragamo, Charles Jourdan, Roger Vivier, Beth Levine, Vivienne Westwood and Manolo Blahnik.

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Foreword by Christian Louboutin

Vintage Shoes recounts a century of shoe history, from Andre Perugia's designs for society women in the 1920s to Christian Louboutin's red soles. Accompanied by archive images, stunning fashion photography, and specially commissioned photographs of rare period footwear, the most collectable and fabulous footwear designs are showcased.

An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers, technical developments, and cultural influences that shaped shoe fashions, presenting exquisite footwear from such trailblazers as Salvatore Ferragamo, Charles Jourdan, Roger Vivier, Beth Levine, Vivienne Westwood, and Manolo Blahnik.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781802790948

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck

Illustration: 300 illus

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Christian Louboutin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 860g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Caroline Cox is professor of cultural history at University of the Arts London. She is a leading fashion authority whose work explores the relationship between fashion, beauty and culture. A lecturer and broadcaster, she is also a cultural trends advisor at Vidal Sassoon. Caroline's books on fashion history and theory have been published internationally and include Vintage Shoes and Vintage Jewellery.

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