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shoes a celebration of pumps sandals slippers & more
the marabou mule . the chanel toe . jackie os pump . marilyns stiletto . and lotus shoes and fetish shoes shoes made for coronations and inaugurations cinderellas 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 print is an obsessive over the top extravaganza chunky full color and irresistible it contains page after page of seductive photographs and information about womens shoes.created for the woman whos a passionate shoe lover and what woman isnt shoes features over 1 000 glorious photographs most of them taken for the book . includes footnotes fascinating facts about shoes ; foot soldiers profiles of master shoemakers from david little to andrea pfister ; and the shoe that left an imprint focusing on one shoe that changed history remember courrages futuristic go go boot shoes is as they say to die for .
paperback workman publishing 1996 isbn 0761101144
abridged n isbn 13 9780761101147 number of pages 507 publisher workman pub co release date 62135769600000