Shoes: Pleasure or pain?
Posted at 14:51
Parakeet shoes
V&A / Dan Lowe
Anyone whose feet have ever been left blistered and throbbing with pain at the end of a long day or night in crippling heels will identify with the title of the V&A's new exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain.
The show, which opens this Saturday 13 June, takes a closer look at the extremes of footwear from around the globe, presenting around 200 pairs including the Parakeet shoes by Caroline Groves (above), and the wedding toe-knob paduka from India in the 1800s (below).
Wedding toe-knob paduka from 1800s
V&A
The exhibition ponders the cultural significance and transformative capacity of shoes, as well as the latest footwear technology.
Shoes: Pleasure or pain?Posted at 14:51Parakeet shoesV&A / Dan LoweAnyone whose feet have ever been left blistered and throbbing with pain at the end of a long day or night in crippling heels will identify with the title of the V&A's new exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain.The show, which opens this Saturday 13 June, takes a closer look at the extremes of footwear from around the globe, presenting around 200 pairs including the Parakeet shoes by Caroline Groves (above), and the wedding toe-knob paduka from India in the 1800s (below).Wedding toe-knob paduka from 1800sV&AThe exhibition ponders the cultural significance and transformative capacity of shoes, as well as the latest footwear technology.
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