Killer Heels The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe |
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| Editor:
| Small, Lisa |
| Contribution by:
| Small, Lisa
Tonchi, Stefano
Weber, Caroline |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7913-5380-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2014 |
| Publisher: | Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co KG.
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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This gorgeous book explores the fashion world's most coveted and iconic object--the high-heeled shoe. Killer Heels explores the rich cultural history of the high heel and its relation to power, fantasy, sexuality, and identity. More than 160 spectacular contemporary and historical shoe designs--from sixteenth-century Venetian platforms to twenty-first-century Christian Louboutins--play with the cultural and artistic possibilities of the high heel, use innovative or unexpected...
More DescriptionThis gorgeous book explores the fashion world's most coveted and iconic object--the high-heeled shoe. Killer Heels explores the rich cultural history of the high heel and its relation to power, fantasy, sexuality, and identity. More than 160 spectacular contemporary and historical shoe designs--from sixteenth-century Venetian platforms to twenty-first-century Christian Louboutins--play with the cultural and artistic possibilities of the high heel, use innovative or unexpected materials, and push the limits of functionality and beauty.