Slip these on: Shoes through the ages
Posted March 28, 2010 by Linda Miller
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This ‘sculptural shoe’ attempts to capture the same sense of kinetic energy found in Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Lithography for the fourth Bauhaus bag.’ Fluid forms have been juxtaposed with angular structured lines. The softness of lamb nappa contrasts against the severity of metal and reflects the disparity of shapes within the image. (AP Photo/Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto) NO SALES Copyrighted image MUST be credited: Copyright © 2009 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto (Photo: Paterson Photographic) ORG XMIT: NYLS2
Most of us give little thought to the evolution of shoes. We just slip on a pair each day and head out the door. But the Bata Shoe Museum in Torono collects, exhibits and displays footwear from around the world, with 13,000 examples of early designs and styles.
A story about the museum and the history of shoes was published in Sunday’s Life section, but space limitations meant we couldn’t include all the pictures. Here are more pictures. You can also read the story here.
This undated photo released by Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, shows wooden qabaqib shoes inlaid with mother-of-pearl. These tall Ottoman qabaqib measure 26 cm, 10 inches in height. Qabaqib such as these were worn by women in Turkish bathhouses to elevate them above the heated floors. Ottoman dress inspired many European fashions and the soaring heights of some Ottoman qabaqib may have encouraged Venetian chopine makers to make chopines that rivaled qabaqib in elevation. (AP photo/Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto) NO SALES ORG XMIT: NYLS274
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