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Vivienne Westwood: Shoes Hardcover – March 1, 2007

by Luca Beatrice (Editor), Matteo Guarnaccia (Editor), Vivienne Westwood (Artist)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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Dame of the British Empire Vivienne Westwood is best known for her provocative SEX/Seditionaries boutique on Kings Road, and then perhaps her runway shows. Her shoes recently got a hit of mass-market retail power when she did a limited edition collection for a partnership including Nine West, Macy's and Vogue. Westwood was comparatively reserved in that work, but for other venues, her bulbous, curving platform soles sometimes grow to NBA-qualifying heights. This is the first book to gather Westwood's shoe designs, every one of them--140 examples, including the infamous platform that felled Naomi Campbell--from 1973 to the present day. Newly commissioned color photography documents each model, and detailed reporting explains their history, laying bare the designer's sources of inspiration and working practices. Vivienne Westwood Shoes includes a biography and chronology of the designer's life and work, most recently her 25th year of runway shows, a first major retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and designs for the rich and famous--from Tracey Emin to Cameron Diaz. It's essential reading and window-shopping for all fashion hounds, shoe fetishists and fans of the Queen of British design, who is at once the one of the greatest living British fashion designers and the most talked-about.
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  1. Print length
    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Damiani
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    9.75 x 1 x 12.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    8889431849
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8889431849
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Damiani (March 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8889431849
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8889431849
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.64 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.75 x 1 x 12.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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This book was in excellent condition! And what an absolute treasure! A one of a kind collector's item! My book actually arrived much sooner than the expected arrival date. I was mistaken about it not having arrived. When I reached out the seller was very prompt and courteous in providing me details of it's arrival! I couldn't be more pleased with my experience!
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Taj Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't be happier with my purchase
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2023
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This book was in excellent condition! And what an absolute treasure! A one of a kind collector's item! My book actually arrived much sooner than the expected arrival date. I was mistaken about it not having arrived. When I reached out the seller was very prompt and courteous in providing me details of it's arrival! I couldn't be more pleased with my experience!
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Taj Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't be happier with my purchase
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2023
This book was in excellent condition! And what an absolute treasure! A one of a kind collector's item! My book actually arrived much sooner than the expected arrival date. I was mistaken about it not having arrived. When I reached out the seller was very prompt and courteous in providing me details of it's arrival! I couldn't be more pleased with my experience!
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Jonathan
5.0 out of 5 stars All Hail Dame Vivienne Westwood
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2007
For lovers of Vivienne Westwood, this is a beautiful book showing off full page color photos of many of her artistic and lovely shoes. This book is 189 pages and almost all photographs. The book has gold leafed page edging and a protective clear cover. Vivienne Westwood Shoes is a lovely tribute to Ms. Westwood and a beautiful collectors item or gift for lovers of her work.
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Kathleen
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2017
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Coffee table book, not much text, mostly photos. interesting for Vivienne Westwood and fashion history buffs who like shoes.
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JS
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2012
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Very happy with the book! It makes a fabulous gift for anyone into fashion, shoes or simply Vivienne Westwood. The book is beautiful, luxurious and it takes the reader on a fashion journey through Vivienne's amazing creations.
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英国狂
5.0 out of 5 stars ヴィヴィアンの靴コレクション!!
Reviewed in Japan on May 2, 2007
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ヴィヴィアンウエストウッドの靴は個性が際立つ独特のデザインで私も含め熱狂的なファンが多いと思います。
去年、ヴィジェバノにある美しいスフォルツェスコ城で開催された展覧会での作品を収められたこちらの写真集には過去から現在までの作品(靴)のみが多数掲載されており(^-^)お薦めの一冊です。
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Mrs L Bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2015
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Lovely book packed with inspirational images. Definitely one to keep on show.
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Isobel
4.0 out of 5 stars Visually gorgeous but give the text a miss!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2007
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The photographs are a delight and any fan of Westwood will drool over them, but I did feel I ought to read the relatively few pages of text first. However, I quickly realised that this was not in English as I know it but in some sort of code! I was glad to learn, for example, that the most immediate reference was Situationism which is a movement of subversive ideas which did not aspire to formalisation in an enclosed work of art but to leaving behind traces and red herrings. Lucky they told me! Luckily this did not detract from the appeal of the book as a whole.
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