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Shoe ObsessionValerie Steele

Shoe Obsession

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"This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the past decade, shoe design has become increasingly central to fashion, with fashion companies paying ever more attention to shoes and other accessories. High-heeled shoes, in particular, have become the fashion accessory of the 21st century. Co-written by one of the world's leading historians of fashion and an authority on fashion accessories, the book features approximately 150 pairs of the most extreme and ultra-fashionable styles of the past 12 years, including work by…

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  • Other · English · 2013
    Yale University Press · 284 pages · 9780300190793
DESIGN / Textile & CostumeHistoryShoesDESIGN / FashionExhibitionsBoots and shoesFashionExoticism in fashion