Boots
Brand
Courrèges
(French, 1961 - 1986)
Designer
André Courrèges
(1923 - 2016)
1964
Leather and Velcro
Gift of Ruth Sublette
Object number77.183.2CD
Courrèges’s white leather boots were versatile, practical, and ideal for a young clientele. As Queen magazine noted, the stark geometry of Courrèges’s fashions simply did not work with high heels. The Space Age effect of the boots was enhanced by closures made from Velcro, a material used by NASA in spaceships.
DescriptionFuturistic go-go boots in off white kid leather, with cut-out slit and self knot at top; flat heel and open toe; CB zipper and velcro closureExhibitions