Shops or fashions shows aren’t the only places to see and learn about the new trends or about the changes in the fashion world. Sometimes museums give good opportunities to learn about the fashion and its history too.
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| Kobi Levi, Blow, 2010 foto Ilit Azoulay © Kobi Levi Footwear Art |
One of the
recent interesting exhibitions take place in The Kunsthal Rotterdam in
Netherlands. It is an exhibition that those who are interested in the shoes and
their stories shouldn't miss.
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| René van den Berg en Karin Janssen, Bits & Pieces, 2012 © A SHOE CAN BE |
The museum reveals
the
astonishing story of women’s shoe design from 1900 to our time under the exhibition
“S.H.O.E.S” (Sexy Heels Or Easy Sandals).
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| Manolo Blahnik, 2008 © Collectie Modemuseum Hasselt |
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| Vivienne Westwood, Court shoes 1993, Collectie Bata Shoe Museum. beeld © 2013 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada |
Around 500 shoes are included in the exhibition.
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| Ellen Verbeek, 2008 © Ellen Verbeek |
One can see the shoes
of celebrated designers such as André Perugia and Salvatore Ferragamo or Manolo
Blahnik and Christian Louboutin, as well as contemporary and rising young
talents according to the museum.
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| André Perugia, Escarpin 1937, collectie PERUGIA, beeld © Agnès Bastioni |
Many pieces from celebrated collections will be on display in the exhibition as well such as Perugia’s
surrealist 1931 design “Homage to Braque” from the International Footwear
Museum in Romans-sur-Isère, as well as the first platform-sole sandal that
Ferragamo designed in 1938 for Judy Garland.
And there is also place for Roger Vivier who invented the stiletto in
1954.
The exhibition can be visited till 11th May, 2014.
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