Object: Shoes
Designer:
Manolo Blahnik
(born 1943)
Date: 1998
Medium: Silk brocade and ostrich feathers
Country: England
Credit Line: Gift of Manolo Blahnik
Object number: 98.77.3
DescriptionHigh heel mules in off white silk brocaded with red and green berries, trimmed with tuft of dark red ostrich feathers
Label Text:Manolo Blahnik’s brocade shoe recalls the luxury and opulence of the 18th century. Aware of the erotic power of heels, Blahnik’s addition of a lush ostrich feather pompom gives the shoe an aura of seduction.
Exhibitions:
- Shoes: A Lexicon of Style
- Seduction
- Force of Nature
- Head to Toe
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic