Shoes - A Brief History

Informationen zum Autor Lucy Johnston and Linda Woolley are former curators of fashion in the V&A’s Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department. Klappentext Changing styles in footwear have always captured the imagination and communicated the priorities and ambitions of the wearer. In the reign of Henry VIII, exaggerated shapes and wide toes were footwear's reflection of the aggressive social climate of the court, while engravings of Queen Victoria show impossibly narrow slippers, worn in pursuit of 19th-century ideals of daintiness. This colorful book provides an engaging overview of the history of footwear. Zusammenfassung Changing styles in footwear have always captured the imagination and communicated the priorities and ambitions of the wearer—during the reign of Henry VIII, exaggerated shapes and wide toes were footwear’s reflection of the aggressive social climate of the court, while engravings of Queen Victoria show impossibly narrow slippers, worn in pursuit of 19th-century ideals of daintiness. This colorful book provides an engaging overview of the history of footwear.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Johnston, Lucy Pratt, Anne Taintor, Linda Woolley, Linda/ Johnston Woolley
• Publisher: V&a Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2015
• EAN: 9781851778379
• ISBN: 978-1-85177-837-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Series: V & A Publishing
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art