98.119.1

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Fashion A-Z (I)_01 Left to right 2008.61.1 (dress), 2011.5.1 (red dress), 2010.56.1 (mini skirt suit), 98.119.1 (shoes case), 2001.79.1 (suit), 95.7.1 (knit ensemble), 2011.24.1(shawl ensemble), 2009.60.1 (gown), 96.46.11 (purple ensemble)

Fashion A-Z (I)_21 98.119.1 (shoes case), 2001.79.1 (suit)

Tailor_17 Left to right 2003.109.1 (suit), 2006.7.4 (tan pantsuit), 95.83.1 (hat case), 98.119.1 and 99.3.1 (shoes case), 2006.11.4 and 2006.11.3 (textiles wall), 2005.90.9 (tuxedo), 2005.90.6 (red suit), 97.71.1 (ensemble), 2005.90.5 (taupe suit), 2003.60.2 (skirt ensemble), 2005.25.1 (textile wall), 2006.16.1 (grey suit), 2006.18.1 (dark grey suit)

Tailor_12 Left to right 98.20.11 (blue suit), 95.77.2 (grey shorts suit), 2003.109.1 (dark blue suit hidden), 2006.7.4 (tan pantsuit), 95.83.1 (hat case), 98.119.1 and 99.3.1 (shoes case), 2005.90.9 (black tuxedo), 2005.90.6 (red suit hidden), 97.71.1 (ensemble), 2006.11.4 and 2006.11.3 (textiles wall), 2005.90.5 (taupe suit), 2003.60.2 (skirt ensemble), 2005.25.1 (textile wall), 2006.16.1 (grey suit), 2006.18.1 (dark grey suit)

Tailor_14 Left to right 98.20.11 (blue suit), 95.77.2 (grey shorts suit), 2003.109.1 (dark blue suit hidden), 2006.7.4 (tan pantsuit), 98.119.1 and 99.3.1 (shoes case), 95.83.1 (hat case), 2005.90.9 (black tuxedo), 2005.90.6 (red suit), 97.71.1 (ensemble), 2006.11.4 and 2006.11.3 (textiles wall)

Object: Shoes

Designer: Vivienne Westwood (British, 1941 - 2022)

Date: Fall 1993

Medium: Tartan silk twill and black patent leather

Country: England

Credit Line: Gift of Vivienne Westwood

Object number: 98.119.1

DescriptionStylized platform gillies in Bruce tartan silk twill with toecap, counter, and heel in black patent leather with pinked edges; platform sole integral with vamp, exaggerated high heel; black cotton shoelace over open throat

Label Text:Extreme platforms were integral to several of Vivienne Westwood’s collections of the 1990s. This example resembles a pair of Scottish ghillies worn for highland dancing, but the towering heels and patent leather add a fetishistic quality. The shoes were designed for Westwood’s Anglomania collection, which underscored her respect for—and subversion of—traditional British styles.

In Collection(s)

Exhibitions:

Fashion, A-Z: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum at FIT (Part One)
Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic
The Tailor's Art
London Fashion
Shoes: A Lexicon of Style
The Couture Accessory