by Valerie Steele · GUSTAVO GILI EDITORIAL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781900826136
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«Zapatos, un símbolo de estilo» is Valerie Steele's essay on footwear fashion, published by Gustavo Gili in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Valerie Steele studies the fascination and fetishism that footwear arouses, from the court shoe to the trainer and the stiletto heel. The work analyses the modern shoe as an object of desire, identity and status, and relates it to fashion and design. It includes 260 illustrations.
The work was originally published in 1999 as «Shoes: A Lexicon of Style».
Recommended for readers interested in fashion, textile design and visual culture.
