Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy

by Colin McDowell

Book Overview

Colin McDowell looks at the exclusive world of the bespoke shoemaker, charts the rise of quality mass manufacture and highlights the world of the great designers, such as Perugia and Ferragamo, as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500277559
• ISBN13: 9780500277553
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

A Substantial study of shoes

This book reviews the history of shoes from ancient times to the present, concentrating most heavily on "western" styles. The text is quite substantial and informative from a writer and a publisher with good reputations. It is lavishly illustrated in both color and black & white with photographs of shoes and reproductions of historic illustrations. As compared with catalogs and chiefly pictorial collections, it has fewer shoes and more context illustrating social attitudes and people wearing shoes and much more information. There are sections on some of the most famous contemporary designers. The is a detailed table of contents and a substantial index, but no bibliography.

great thanks to McDowell

it's a helper book for everybody,that they will be learn everything about the shoes..

Fashion,Fantasy & Tons of History to BOOT!

I'm mad for Colin McDowell who must be the patron saint of fashion information professionals! This book has got it all, great photos, shoe sketches, acurate history and even shoe fantasy. I love to use this book to show our students that mules are not a twentieth century invention by Candies. Please take heed this is not a weekend reader for it contains quite a bit of text but, it is great to refer to for research and for those of us who can't get enough information about shoes. If you are interested in shoe design please check out the Ferragamo section; pure candy for the eyes.