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Vogue The Shoe

Series: Vogue
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Vogue: The Shoe is a celebration of over a century of British Vogue's most iconic footwear. Curated by Harriet Quick, the book showcases more than 300 stunning images, capturing styles from humble clogs to hand-embroidered haute couture stilettos, as well as daring cuissardes and statement heels. Featuring photography from legends like Irving Penn, Norman Parkinson, and Nick Knight, it offers a rich visual history of fashion footwear.

The book includes a foreword by Alexandra Shulman, former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, and is presented with a luxurious real cloth cover.
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Format: Hardback
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Vogue: The Shoe is ideal for fashion enthusiasts, shoe aficionados, and readers interested in arts and culture, especially those who appreciate fashion photography and the history of style.

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A glorious celebration of the shoe as an object of obsession, status and desire with peerless images from the British Vogue archive.

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'Whatever the style, shoes have a message to be heard, and nowhere is it clearer than in this collection of some of the best fashion images of their age.' - Alexandra Shulman

The third book in the popular Vogue portfolio series, now available at the more pocket-friendly price of 30.

In Vogue The Shoe, Harriet Quick has curated more than 300 fabulous images from a century of British Vogue, featuring remarkable styles that range from the humble clog to exquisite hand-embroidered haute couture stilettoes via fetishistic cuissardes and outrageous statement heels.

Contains some of the best fashion photography available, including shots from Vogue's peerless archive of fashion images by the likes of Hoyningen-Huene, Irving Penn, Corinne Day, Norman Parkinson, Arthur Elgort and Nick Knight.

Reissued with a luxurious real cloth cover, this is essential reading for fashionistas everywhere.

Includes a foreword written by Alexandra Shulman, former editor-in-chief of British Vogue.

Series: Vogue

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    Jewellery in all its guises has been a signifier of glamour in the pages of Vogue since the magazine's inception in 1916... the jewellery always commands the image - infinitely powerful and desirable, inventive and extraordinary. - Alexandra Shulman This book sparkles with glamour and flamboyance. - Daily Mail From simple strings of gleaming pearls to showstopping tiaras, this book...
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  • Vogue The Shoe
    'Whatever the style, shoes have a message to be heard, and nowhere is it clearer than in this collection of some of the best fashion images of their age.' - Alexandra Shulman The third book in the popular Vogue portfolio series, now available at the more pocket-friendly price of 30. In Vogue The Shoe, Harriet Quick has curated more than...
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Praised by Alexandra Shulman, this collection is described as a powerful visual message about shoes through the ages. The Telegraph highlights its enchanting assembly of more than 300 exquisite images by celebrated photographers, calling it a perfect fashion fairy tale for shoe lovers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781840917758

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Conran Octopus Ltd

Illustration: 300 photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 208.0mm

Height: 256.0mm

Weight: 1454g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Harriet Quick is an award-winning journalist, editor and author. She is a Contributing Editor to British Vogue and previously Fashion Features Director (2000-12) and Editor of Frank magazine (1998-2000) Harriet has worked in the fashion and design arena for 20 years. She won the prestigious Vogue Writing Talent Award and the Guardian/Jackie Moore Award and now contributes to a wealth of global titles including Vogue in the UK and China, Modern Weekly, WSJ Magazine, Love, Modern Weekly, the Financial Times and Wallpaper*.

Harriet is the author of Catwalking: A History of the Fashion Model (Hamlyn 1996), Richard Prince (Sadie Coles Gallery 2003) and contributed to Sample (Phaidon 2006) and London Uprising (Phaidon 2017). Harriet works as editor-at-large for Lane Crawford and copywriter for brands including Chanel, Holland & Holland, Ochre and Manhattan Loft Corporation.

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