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Author: Lucy Pratt; Linda Woolley; Victoria and Albert Museum.
Publisher: London : V&A Publications, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"From very long pointed toes in the Middle Ages to exotic creations of the 1990s, the story of footwear is a lively and evocative reflection of styles, fashions and moments in history. In Henry VIII's time, for example, exaggerated shapes and wide toes mirrored the aggressive social climate, while engravings of Queen Victoria showed impossibly narrow slippers in pursuit of nineteenth-century ideals of daintiness."  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Catalogs
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Pratt, Lucy.
Shoes.
London : V&A Publications, 1999
(OCoLC)647019101
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lucy Pratt; Linda Woolley; Victoria and Albert Museum.
ISBN: 1851772855 9781851772858
OCLC Number: 41257526
Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Contents: Medieval gothic and the English renaissance --
Heels, buckles, and bows : the seventeenth century --
Taste and elegance : 1700-1750 --
The revolutionary shoe : 1750-1795 --
Classicism and romanticism : 1795 to the mid-1830s --
Shopping for shoes : 1700-1835 --
Towards the modern age : 1837-1914 --
Austerity and glamour : 1914-1939 --
Forty years of innovation : 1939-1979 --
Shaping the future : 1980-1998.
Responsibility: Lucy Pratt and Linda Woolley.

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This account traces the history of footwear from the Middle Ages right up to the flamboyant styles of the late 1990s. Specially commissioned photographs highlight the elegance and beauty of  Read more...
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