The Return of the Chopine
Manolo says, clearly, we are in the late-decadent phase of our culture…
The Strass Wedge from the Alexander McQueen, which looks remarkably like the 16th century Venetian chopine.
0Manolo says, clearly, we are in the late-decadent phase of our culture…
The Strass Wedge from the Alexander McQueen, which looks remarkably like the 16th century Venetian chopine.
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Comments
NDC 13 years ago
Ease of mobility, both then and now, seems not to be a major design consideration. When one realizes that the chopines were worn by courtesans and patrician women, for whom much walking at all was probably unnecessary, the term “platform” as a stationery concept seems especially apt.
All the best,
NDC
The formerly shoe-obsessed Wayne 13 years ago
Oh, I love those…if I had the $, I’d put them on a mantelpiece just admire them.
Tiffany 13 years ago
Love those McQueen shoes
XOXO,
Elizabeth Smith 13 years ago
The curve in the back is nice but the front is a little too sparkly for me.