… from Susanna Hesselberg … from Melanie Pullen … from Sylvie Fleury … from Pilar Albarracin
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Shoe art… (part I)
Louboutin… sigh
Shoes are one of those things I can’t resist. The inside signature, the hidden red on the heel throw shivers down my spine. What… who would I be if I wore these? With many thanks to the Manolo, ever inspiring.
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How could anyone resist?
Liz Carine’s Shimmery Emerald Evening Peeptoe Pumps From fashiontribes
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Objects of desire (and seduction)
From Office Ambiguous shoes, harmless pumps with ankle straps reminiscent of S&M garments. Not one strap, but two. Angelical, innocent, and slightly perverse; reversible, challenging, weak and weakening.
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Holiday footwear
My recent 2-week holiday in Spain was mainly taken up by two activities: resting and thinking about shoes. Since talking about the former would probably make me tired again, I will concentrate on the latter. The train of thought started during a day-trip to San Sebastian, where NÄî and I witnessed a wonderfully professional street [...]
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Lust for shoes
Excellent material for my forthcoming article on shoes: Lee Glendinning (2006) Lust for shoes drives women to bin the bills. The Guardian, Thursday August 10, 2006 Shoes wield a Cinderella-like transformative power – you can go from demure to seductive in under 60 seconds.
Another shoe exhiition
With thanks to the always excellent Manolo and his friends Susan and Nina for pointing this out. Sounds like something I will need to refer to! “Shoes: Innovations at Your Feet” Opens in USPTO Museum A new exhibit opened on July 13, 2006 in the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Museum. [...]
The opposite of seduction
I agree with Manolo. Crocs are certainly the opposite of seduction. Visually, they present an interesting juxtaposition: They share some elements of their proper function1 and the the colour. Other than that, the perception, for a viewer (or owner) looking for a seductive experience, couldn’t be different. The seductive experience is not a question of [...]
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Shoes, mirrors and net dresses
I am reading Baudrillard’s The ecstasy of communication, by far the lightest of his books. I can say I am even enjoying it. While reading it, I can’t take this piece off my mind. This is my favourite 2006 Degree Show piece so far… Its mirrors, its nostalgia, its absence are inescapable… A riddle, a [...]
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On Manolos
I can’t remember what were my expectations on the Sunday I chose to see Manolo Blahnik’s exhibition at the Design Museum in London. What I do remember, however is being very surprised by it. The shoes, displayed like unique art pieces in theatrical settings, had about them all the strangeness of Surrealist artworks. In the [...]
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