Object: Shoes
Brand:
Christian Louboutin
(French, founded 1991)
Designer:
Christian Louboutin
(born 1963)
Date: 2014
Medium: Black patent leather and cotton
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Christian Louboutin
Object number: 2014.35.1
DescriptionFetish Ballerine point shoes in black patent leather, cotton grosgrain trim with center bow in cotton cord, slipper on point with 8 1/4" spike high heels and red soles
Label Text:Christian Louboutin’s fetish pointe shoe emphasizes the connection between the image of the ballerina on pointe and the iconography of extreme high heels. As Louboutin says: “Isn’t the classical dancing ballet slipper the ultimate heel? The heel which makes dancers closer than any other women to the sky, closer to heaven!”
Exhibitions:
- Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic
- Dance and Fashion
- Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse