Shoe Sum

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>> I fully credit this post to the only type of maths that my non-numerical brain can handle and that is Fashematics but having seen these knock about in Manchester's Gallery of Costume this weekend, it had to be done…

Alexander McQueen's kid leather western mules that are cited as being ca. 2005-7 and having searched through the seasons, I can't quite pinpoint exactly when these fairly uncharacteristic McQueen specimens popped up…

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Turkish/Middle Eastern curly toed slippers or to put it in naive terms… Aladdin's shoes…

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Early 18th century mule specimens…

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(1740s mule, Baroque ladies mules from France ca. 1690-1720)

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Miu Miu's S/S 12 hybrid mules that stormed out to Ivor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring score…

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Detail shots from Vogue.com

22 comments

  1. haha I love them. So strange, I was recently looking up 18th century shoes (think the ones pictured) and thinking how awesome it would be to have a pair. They do not look comfortable though. “Taxi”.

  2. I’m sure they’re much more attractive in person, like all well made things. But i’m not being drawn towards them!

  3. How I love shoes! Got the gibbled feet to prove it. No way would my feet let me wear any of the ones in the photos, but hey, what’s that got to do with something so lovely and exciting?!

  4. I love the Gallery of Costume and notice something different every time I visit (I only live up the road so it’s not a long journey). Those shoes caught my eye on my last visit!

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