Shoes - A History from sandals to sneakers

Peter McNeil, Giorgio Riello

ST MARTINS PRESS

2006

256 páginas

8h 32m

ISBN-10: 1845204433

This illustrated work recounts the history of shoes with essays that cover everything from the eroticism of ancient shoe lacing, medieval fears about long-toed shoes, and the role of shoes in religious ritual to the infamous Chopine with a 23-inch heel and the modern cult of shoe designers. With 170 color photos and 30 black and white illustrations, the essays will entertain and inform casual shoe shoppers and fashionistas alike.