The Story of Feet
Can you tilt your head? I hope so
Why do women need many pair of shoes? Many ask...
Well, there i was on a quest to find the answer for you! Plus It's the last day of The Story of Feet - Portraits of Shoes exhibition at the Thailand Creative & Design Center and for those for you who adore footwear, please enjoy my share
Sensual or Free & Easy ?
One can not think of shoes without imagining all the fantasies around this very useful accessory - invented so we wouldn't have to walk barefoot. The shoe is very much associated with women, whose need to be noticed is certainly not the only motivation. Why do women develop such an urge and desire to own one, then two, and then dozens, and for some, even hundreds of pairs in all shapes, colors, and materials ?
Golden lotus feet, china 19th century
Charleston Dancing shoes 1920s
Male's dance shoe, the sole inspired by cat's paw.
Classic Chanel 1957, two toned beige leather/ black satin slingback mid-heels
Modern Chanel by Karl Lagerfield, matchstick heel
another Chanel, lightbulb
Converse made from glossy printed papers and staples
Half - a - shoe
or Transparent X-ray vision trainers
was born too short? , no worry
Turkish bathhouse
Inspired by bird's foot
or if you feel "tyre" of walking
all hand made Hi-So Chanel Haute Couture
Oriental Heritage
and something high tech
Young Thai designer won a design prize from Ferragamo contest several years ago, inspired by banana leaf folding
- PRING - Thai shoes designer in Paris, visit her shop there
another one of her design made for Swarovski
- Manee - - Maneesilp - very good quality/ long established Thai footwear brand who made it in Milan, several shops in BKK, also do made to measure shoes! i recommend this !
and -TANGO- specialize in exotic skin and bohemian styles
something some of you might be familiar with...
and something some of you are VERY familiar with !
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