V&A "Centipede Essence" On Shoe Exhibition

Shoes can be said to be the most important accessories for women. Choosing a pair of shoes that suit you can instantly improve your temperament. So beautiful women always have a soft spot for shoes.

Recently, the Victoria and Albert Museum in Vitoria is holding an exhibition about shoes, "shoes: the combination of happiness and pain". Albert,

Compared with the Alexander McQueen retrospective at the other end of the museum,

In terms of queuing popularity, the tickets purchased on site can only be purchased 1 hours later, and even after entering, they can only move forward at a small pace per minute.

If you have high heels on your feet, Congratulations, you will soon feel the pain of a major element in the exhibition theme.

Chronicle of shoes

After entering the exhibition hall, at first glance, it may be thought that the organizers moved the shoe cabinet of Harold in the British department store.

There are more than 200 pairs of shoes on the high and low cube.

Manolo Blahnik, Salvatore Ferragamo, Jimmy Choo, Prada and other highly recognizable shoes, but V&A wants to tell the story from its source.

From Egypt's sandals decorated with golden leaves, the wedding shoes of India brides, the shoes of Chinese brocade and upper shoes, and the narrow pointed shoes of Europe in nineteenth Century, have produced unique shoes from different cultures.

Since the machine was not yet born or has not been popularized, shoemaking is still a time-consuming and meticulous manual work, so shoes become a way for the wearer to express his status and taste.

These ancient shoes still seem to have a familiar feeling, because some of them are recurring in the shoe history.

For example, when the French king Louis Xiv was in power, he launched a craze for high heels with red bottoms, attracting a number of royal nobles to follow suit. After more than 300 years, its red bottom appeared on Christian Louboutin's high-heeled shoes.

"XXX once crossed" and "this is a global limited edition" can be said to be the most confusing marketing discourse.

The shoes displayed on this exhibition include the shoes worn by celebrities such as Queen Victoria, Marilyn Monro, the American drama "sex and the city", Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady Gaga, and so on.

Jimmy Choo, which made a profit increase of 7.2% in 2014, is one of the sponsors of the shoe show. The brand has displayed a pair of Abel shoes and wrote in the note that "thanks to the Korean drama fever, the shoes of the female leading players have promoted the sales of Jimmy Choo in Asia and raised the degree of concern".

The exhibition has not forgotten to make fun of it. When it comes to the high-profile shoes that are popular around the world in 1950s, it shows a pair of 10 centimeters purple snake skin thick bottom "hate sky high" worn by supermodel Naomi Campbell in 1993 for Paris Vivienne Westwood.

At that time, Naomi, who was still a small model, fell down on the stage. Unexpectedly, he fell to fame and became the hot black pearl today.

Compared to the suppression of black houses on the first floor, the two floor is brighter.

Several glass cabinets display personal collectors and heroic phrases like lovers' shoes, such as Philippines's former president, Mrs. Imelda Max (Imelda Marcos).

In 1986, she was exiled to Hawaii by the people's uprising. People found massive shoes in the basement of the Manila palace where she lived.

Her rebuttal is: "I do not have (rumored) 3000 pairs of shoes, I have only 1060 pairs."

On the projection wall made up of a big Kraft shoebox, the designer talks about his view of shoemaking.

For Christian Louboutin, his creative inspiration may come from a trip, such as going to Egypt to create an Egyptian wind series, but not copying the style that was once popular, but grasping some elements to merge into the new works.

Adhere to the hand-made Manolo Blahnik is more casual, "may be dreaming half the inspiration, I get up and draw down, then fall asleep."

Talking about the impact of technology on shoe design, the 73 year old designer said, "computer is absolutely impossible. It's impossible. I only use pen."

Sandra Choi, creative director of Jimmy Choo, recalled that when she entered the factory, she needed manual cutting and sewing.

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Sometimes design teams and production teams need to encourage each other and try new things.

Don't go, men.

In addition to understanding the hardships of women wearing high heels, men will also find this exhibition quite promising.

In fact, the first pair of shoes in the exhibition hall were the shoes that Beckham once wore, and V&A borrowed them from the Manchester Museum.

In the two floor exhibition hall, there is a large glass showcase, the left side is the high heel, and the right side is the sports shoes.

On the other side of the exhibition hall, there is a demonstration of the birth process of men's Oxford shoes. There are also 4 kinds of leather for visitors to feel.

A pair of beautiful shoes can be listed. Not only do designers need to make elaborate designs, but also need beautiful eyes. How do you feel after watching the shoe show?