Shoes: A Lexicon of Style

by Valerie Steele

The editor of "Fashion Theory" taps into the obsession, the fetish, and the fashion of footwear, from the pump to the sneaker and the boot to the stiletto. 260 illustrations.

Genres: Fashion, Art, Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Valerie Steele is director and chief curator and Melissa Marra is associate curator of education and public programs, both at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.

Reviews

[Yinzadi]

Read online here.

[Carla]

Fun, interesting and the type of book I would have loved to write if I'd done my Masters/PhD in semiotics. It was well educated and not just a current list of shoe trends. Steele did her research and went into the history of shoes as well. It was facinating to read. This book will be on my coffee table for years.

[Eleanora]

everything and almost anything you'd like to know about those pairs of not-just-feet cover.