Shoes
Brand
Chanel
(French, founded 1914)
Cruise 2009
Silk satin, plastic, and metal
Gift of CHANEL
Object number2012.63.1
Karl Lagerfeld takes the distinctive silhouette of the fetish shoe, but replaces the stiletto heel with a gun. It is immediately evocative of sex, violence, and power – a visual metaphor for the “femme fatale.” However, the shoe caused a backlash from gun control advocates for glamorizing gun culture.
DescriptionBlack silk satin open toe platform ankle strap shoes with hand gun high heel in clear plastic and painted black metal, gun handle and trigger at heel back, steel heel inside barrel, gun barrel pointed to ground, Chanel logo at center back and buckle closure at strapExhibitions