Shoe Innovations - 2012

"Shoe Innovations tells the complete story of shoe design, from the Edwardian Louis heel, through the 1940s wedge to the extreme architectural designs of Pierre Hardy for Balenciaga. Join fashion expert Caroline Cox as she traces the evolution of sixty iconic designs, placing each benchmark shoe in its social and cultural context and describes the reasons for its popularity (or fall from grace) and in some cases, its revival. Evocative period photographs show style icons wearing the shoes they popularized, such as Kate Moss' city-strolling Uggs, Audrey Hepburn in ballet flats, John Travolta's Saturday Night Fever Cuban heels, Marilyn Monroe in seductive mules, and Edward, Prince of Wales golfing in brogues. For each style, there is a mini photographic catalog of the variants available today..." - Shoe Innovations: A Visual Celebration of 60 Styles - Caroline Cox Published 2012, Firefly Books Ltd, Richmond Hill Softcover. Approx. 6.5x9in. 256pp. In good condition.