This fresh new book offers an intimate look at shoe styles. More than 550 color photographs reveal foot fashion favorites and their correlation to ever-changing social factors. No other item of apparel is so closely related to the senses as shoes: the scent of leather the click of a stiletto the softness of a satin bedroom slipper. Is it any wonder that today shoe lovers form collector clubs produce shoe videos and organize sneaker subculture events? But what makes a shoe collectible--design? workmanship? celebrity association? Savor past designs and glimpse the future of shoe styles through the work of avante-garde designers John Fluevog and Danny Sullivan. The glossary index and value guide assist archivists researchers clothing dealers designers and dedicated shoe hounds.