出版社: Victoria & Albert Museum (2008年4月1日)

平装: 128页

语种： 英语

ISBN: 1851775374

条形码: 9781851775378

商品尺寸: 18.4 x 0.6 x 21 cm

商品重量: 354 g

ASIN: 1851775374

Plots the history and development of footwear from the time of Henry VIII to Vivienne Westwood's infamous twelve-inch platforms that Naomi Campbell fell off. --Marie Claire

Shoes hold a special fascination for women and men all over the world. This history of footwear, from the Middle Ages to the present day, features spectacular photography to highlight the elegance and beauty of everything from exquisitely embroidered shoes and slippers to an eye-catching array of strappy sandals, stilettos, sneakers, and boots.

Lucy Pratt is Curator of 19th-century fashion in the V&A's Department of Furniture, Textiles & Fashion and the author of Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail (V&A 2005). Linda Woolley has researched and lectured extensively in the field of fashionable dress.