Shoes: A Lexicon of Style

by Valerie Steele

Book Overview

Valerie Steele taps into the obsession, the fetish, and the fashion of shoes, from the pump to the sneaker, the boot to the stiletto. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847821668
• ISBN13: 9780847821662
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

for photos...

well... it's a hard cover.. nicely designed... neat book..nice to have at home... to flip thru look @ different shoes..for that purpose, a very nice book.. for the sheer joy of looking at the photos.... and i think that's enough..but certainly not a book w/ extensive info on shoe history and all that.

Shoes- a contemporary look

This stylish book has more of a contemporary focus than most books on shoes, making it a "must-have" even if you already have several shoe books on your shelf. Stunning photographs by top fashion photographers, like Helmut Newton and Mario Testino, depict playful, sexy, sometimes fetishistic shoes by today's most innovative designers, including Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik. The text explores the link between clothing and shoes, showing shoes by Bella Freud, and other fashion designers and exploring the role that trainers, sneakers, and sports shoes have on our contemporary conceptions of `cool.'