Additional Author:
Persson, Helen, editor.
Publisher:London : V&A Publishing, 2015.
Description:176 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Note:Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name, first held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2015.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliography (pages 166-169) and index.
Note:Objects of desire : the cult of shoes / Helen Persson --The allure of shoes. Shoes as magical objects / Hilary Davidson ; Indian shoes of gold / Divia Patel ; The allure of power / Elizabeth Semmelhack ; Status and power in the Hammam / Rowan Bain ; Shoes : a very fashionable fetish / Cassie Davies-Strodder ; Fashion and fetishism : the case of the ballet shoe / Valerie Steele ; Suffering for beauty / Rowan Bain -- Art and innovation. Production for consumption / Giorgio Riello ; The art and craft of shoes / Helen Persson ; Case studies in creativity / Naomi Braithwaite ; The shoemaker and the ceramicist / Sonia Solicari ; Open futures / Jana Scholze ; Plastics galore / Joanne Hackett -- Shoe obsession. The rise of the celebrity shoe designer / Cally Blackman ; Marie Antoinette : off with her heels / Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell ; Lotus steps : shoes for bound feet / Helen Persson ; Men in heels : from power to perversity / Christopher Breward ; The unnatural shapes of medieval footwear / Kirstin Kennedy ; The shoe cabinet / Karin M. Ekström -- Parts of the shoe.
