"Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers, & More" by Linda O'Keeffe is a small, lovely book I snagged at a used bookstore forever ago. It may be small but it has over 1,000 photographs of shoes. Written by Linda O'Keeffe with photography by Andreas Bleckmann, I thoroughly enjoy using this book as a reference when trying to describe to others specific shoes. It was published in 1996, but it's still one of my favorite shoe specific books in my reference section of books.
It has great images and each section has a good variety through history. For example, when discussing sandals you don't just start at discussing Salvatore Ferragamo's straw sandals from the 1930's, the book takes you back to Egyptian sandals in 2000 B.C. and walks you through the history around the sandals and how they evolved over time.
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It has great images and each section has a good variety through history. For example, when discussing sandals you don't just start at discussing Salvatore Ferragamo's straw sandals from the 1930's, the book takes you back to Egyptian sandals in 2000 B.C. and walks you through the history around the sandals and how they evolved over time.
The book is broken down by types - Sandal, Heel, Slippers, etc - and each type has a "Master of Design" and a "Shoe That Left an Imprint." It's a great way to kind of know the basics and the go-to images that pop into people's minds when thinking about a certain style of shoe. In designing costumes for shows that have very specific time periods, I like to make sure I am being as historically accurate as I can be for the characters' looks. Using books like this as resources help provide those bits of historical accuracy that I am looking for when designing ensembles.
Overall, it's a nice resource for me to have and I enjoy the book itself. I have some more really great shoe books I'll share on here, but if you're looking for something small and visually pleasing, this is a good option!
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