Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & More

by Linda O'Keeffe

Book Overview

The Marabou Mule. The Chanel toe. Jackie O's pump. Marilyn's stiletto. And lotus shoes and fetish shoes, shoes made for coronations and inaugurations, Cinderella's slipper, shoes of tulle, brocade, rhinestone, python, fish scales, and feathers, and much, much, more, including the two-foot-high wooden chopines of the 16th century and their resurgence as the platform shoes of the 1960s and 1970s.

Shoes, now with over 357,000 copies in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761101144
• ISBN13: 9780761101147
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

Cool book for shoe lovers!

A great coffee table book for shoes! Color photos with history on every page. Lots of trivia like showing Elizabeth Taylor's beautiful high heel shoes worn during Cleopatra, famous shoe designers favorite high heels like Ferragamo's fantasy shoes, Manolo Blahnik's amazing shoes for different eras, David Evins rhinestone "stop and go" mules for Ava Gardner in 1955 & a twisted pearl sandal for Grace Kelly in 1959. Lots of interesting tidbits throughout and well worth the money to buy this book. If you enjoy shoes you'll love this book! :)

Fun, funny, fascinating, informative

This book is so much fun! I bought a copy for my (equally) shoe-crazy aunt, and she and I cackled for hours reading about the scandalous sandals and far-out footwear displayed. The pictures were fabulous! The author has a great sense of humor, as well as of style. Some of those shoes are soooo snazzy! This book also was interesting in that we were able, by the shoes that they wore, to see the role of women in society in various ages and countries. This book also makes an excellent "bathroom book," lotsa quick quips and eye-catching pics. Whether you are looking for a history of the shoe, an introduction into shoe styles or stylists, or an opportunity to seethe with shoe lust, this book fits the bill.

Enlightening and Fun

Being a shoe lover, I found this book very interesting and eye catching. I've read it several times and learn a new thing each time I pick it up! I would recommend it to any and everyone!

wonderfully displayed

This "index" of shoes shoes how people (particularly females) have gone through years and years with that one friend(or several in some people's cases). That one friend is "the shoe." I have always had a shoe fetish, ever since I was a young child. And when I found a book on this subject, I was quite surprised that someone would actually write about the topic: shoes. Well I have come to realize that this author, Linda O'Keeffe is an extraordinary author, and I wish to read more of her books!

You will never, ever throw out another pair of shoes

This book is the proof--rare--that information, scholarship can be fun, interesting, page turning. I loved the format, the range (from the first shoes, to mules, to doc martins...) and in all the places I've searched, this is one of the few books, frivolous as it may first appear, that has photos of authentic "lotus" slippers worn by chinese women with bound feet. I wish I'd saved every pair of shoes I've ever owned after reading this, and that my family members had, too--history! That shoes are ART is evident here--yet they must bear the weight and gait of the wearer--unless it's Cleopatra, I learned. Or a rich daughter whose shoes are expected to wear out on their first, and last outing, to a dance. I hope there's a sequel--more pictures, more history, more shoes, shoes, shoes. I read every word and looked at every photo at least once, and would like to see more, particularly the historical shoes.