30 Oct 2013

The shoes that are too beautiful to wear: Fantasy footwear comes to life in new design book from Stuart Weitzman

Shoe designer Stuart Weitzman's wife Jane has created a design book featuring the fanatastical shoes she has spent years collecting from around the globeFor years, Weitzman store windows were filled with commissioned shoes created from unusual materials

We have heard of foot fetishes, but this is ridiculous. Having hundreds of must-have heels at her disposal isn't enough for the shoe-loving wife of American designer Stuart Weitzman, who has spent years travelling the globe curating a collection of the planet's most weird and wonderful heels.

The fantastical footwear Jane Gershon Weitzman discovered on her globe-trotting - including pairs made from corrugated cardboard, wire, wood, steel and even flowers - has filled the windows of the flagship Stuart Weitzman Madison Avenue store in New York for years.

And now the best of them have been brought together in a style book celebrating the creativity of the industry.



For a dozen years Jane filled her husband's windows with eccentric shoesShoes are made from feathers, paper, ceramic, metal, resin, playing cards and even corrugated cardboardMega platforms made from corrugated cardAlongside photos of the shoes there's description as well as a brief biography on the artist who created themSome designs are even made from fragile paperWith an introduction by Jane, the shoes are featured along with brief, identifying captionsThe Jewels At Work shoes appear both practical and utterly frivolous in their design

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