Pleasure & Pain
Pleasure & Pain
A beautiful and authoritative guide to the history and culture of footwear, featuring iconic creations by celebrated designers alongside masterpieces by unknown craftsmen. Looks at both men's and women's footwear, the source of their allure, how they are made, and the people who buy and wear them
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Contributors from a wide range of disciplines consider subjects as diverse as ballet slippers and fetishism, shoes and ceramics, traditional shoemaking, and the obsessive shoe collector. The book also includes a comprehensive discussion of the history of shoe design, and case studies including Marie-Antoinette's shoe collection and the footwear of the Maharajas.
