Object: Shoes
Brand:
Vivienne Westwood
Designer:
Vivienne Westwood
(British, 1941 - 2022)
Date: Fall 1990
Medium: Patent leather
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2019.19.1
DescriptionBlack patent leather high heel pumps with hidden platform, chunky heels
Label Text:These high platform shoes were part of Vivienne Westwood’s fall 1990 Portrait collection. They placed their wearer on a literal pedestal, which Westwood felt showcased a woman’s beauty. The shoes measure just over six inches tall, and their extreme height—reminiscent of both the gravity-defying chopines of the Renaissance and 1940s platforms—reference Westwood’s love for historic fashion.
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