What is it about women and shoes? According to Dr. Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT and the author of Shoes: A Lexicon of Style (among many other fashion books), the fixation dates back to Cinderella and her glass slippers. But that doesn’t necessarily explain women’s willingness to defy death, gravity, and blisters with the super-stacked platforms and needle-thin spikes of modern day. Shoe Obsession, The Museum at FIT’s upcoming exhibition (which, running from February 8 through April 13, was […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Charlotte Olympia, Daphne Guinness, High-heeled footwear, Keith Haring, Nicholas Kirkwood, Roger Vivier, Shoes: A Lexicon of Style, Valerie Steele