December 5, 2014 |
Being a cis male, and one without cross-dressing tendencies, I don’t have much experience in the high heel department. That being said, I do walk around my flat on tip-toe, pretending that I’m actually walking down Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway, with angel wings on my back and Nicholas Kirkwood high heels on my feet. And despite being a cis male, I would, according to Garth, make a good tranny because of my small, or “dainty” as I prefer, feet. They look, according to Vincent this time, like a Manolo Blahnik drawing. So just imagine how they’d look in a pair of Manolo Blahniks. The mind boggles. Well, mine does anyway. I, as usual, digress. The V&A has announced its summer 2015 exhibition: an exploration into the transformative power of extreme footwear. It will cover footwear from over two millennia and from across the globe – from a sandal decorated in gold from ancient Egypt to a shoe created using 3-D printing; from those worn by Queen Victoria to Sarah Jessica Parker and designed by Manolo Blahnik to Christian Louboutin. The exhibition, which opens next June, promises to be shoe porn convention.
Picture: Roger Vivier (1907–98) for Christian Dior (1905–1957). Evening shoe, beaded silk and leather, France, 1958–60 image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
By Ted Stansfield
