Shoes A–Z
The Collection of The Museum at FIT
$230.54
- Hardcover
532 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2024
Summary
Sky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art object and deeply ordinary, shoes tell the story of shifting attitudes toward desire, power, and wealth throughout history. Lace up for a journey through the most enviable shoe closet from the permanent collection at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology-and four centuries of fashion’s hardest working accessory.
Featuring designs from the likes of Louis Vui…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836596244 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3836596245 |
| Author: | Colleen Hill, Valerie Steele, Robert Nippoldt |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 532 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 4.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 67mm x 262mm x 336mm |
Critics Review
TASCHEN’s massive Shoes A-Z, weighing nearly 10 pounds, culled from archives at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, pairs histories with foot-tall images of both 18th century and insane contemporary ideas. It’s hard to stop browsing. * Chicago Tribune *
This collection of more than 400 pairs of shoes - Manolos, Louboutins - can be enjoyed without giving up an inch of one’s shoe rack. * The New York Times *
Shoes are a language; they speak of our identity. They delight and shock, captivate, cajole, and appall. They heighten us, embolden us, dictate the very way we move. They are also surely one of life’s great joys. * Daphne Guinness *
Colleen Hill
Colleen Hill is senior curator of costume at The Museum at FIT. Since joining MFIT in 2006, Hill has curated or co-curated more than a dozen exhibitions, including Fairy Tale Fashion, Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the 90s, and Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities. She has authored or co-authored seven books on fashion and contributed to numerous other publications.
Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT and founding editor of Fashion Theory. Described in The Washington Post as one of “fashion’s brainiest women” and by Suzy Menkes as “the Freud of fashion,” Steele combines serious scholarship (and a Yale Ph.D.) with a rare ability to communicate with general audiences. As author, curator, and editor, Steele has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies.
Robert Nippoldt is a German illustrator and book artist known for various publications and stage programs about the 1920s, as well as drawings for The New Yorker and Time magazine. He has received over two dozen awards worldwide, including from the Art Directors Club in New York and the International Design Award in Los Angeles.
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