Full Description
Best known for his trademark use of unique materials, including cork, vinyl, Lucite and wallpaper, and his creation of one-of-a-kind, "million dollar" shoes for Oscar nominees to wear at the Academy Awards (including the diamond-encrusted platinum sandals worn by Laura Harring in 2002), Stuart Weitzman's own private collection of historic shoes, features a similarly eclectic range of styles and materials.
An introduction by Weitzman explains why his collection is both a celebration of unusual and elegant detail and construction, and an inspiration in the creation of his own designs. This is followed by an exploration of how 20th-century design and culture-architecture, popular dances, Hollywood, politics and the emerging feminist movement-influenced shoe design and manufacture, wonderfully illustrated with examples from the Weitzman collection and contextual images.
Contents
Foreword; Standing for Women / Stand and Conquer: My Collection of Historic Shoes and My Career by Stuart Weitzman; Standing in Heels, Standing on Principle? By Valerie Paley; Fashion, Performance, and Politics: An Introduction to the Stuart Weitzman Collection by Edward Maeder; Sentimental Survivors; Politics and Prosperity from the Ground Up; Popular Dances Focus on Feet; Skyscraper Moderne and Streamlined Designs; Films and Other Images; Conflicts and Mothers of Invention; Postwar America and New Celebrity Shoe Designers; Pop and Popular Styles in the 1960s; The Turn-of-the-Century Stance; Bibliography; Index.
