HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Bergstein, Rachelle.
Subjects
Shoes -- Social aspects.
Shoes -- History -- 20th century.
Women's shoes -- Social aspects.
Women's shoes -- History -- 20th century.
Fashion -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- History -- 20th century.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Bergstein, Rachelle.
by title:
Women from the ankle...
MARC Display
Women from the ankle down : the story of shoes and how they define us / Rachelle Bergstein.
by
Bergstein, Rachelle.
New York : HarperCollins, c2012.
Subjects
Shoes -- Social aspects.
Shoes -- History -- 20th century.
Women's shoes -- Social aspects.
Women's shoes -- History -- 20th century.
Fashion -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780061969614 (pbk.)
Description:
xiv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Ferragamo and the wartime wedge (1900-1938) -- MGM, the Great Depression, and pulling yourself up by your ruby slippers (1936-1939) -- Back to the drawing board (1937-1943) -- The femme fatale and the original power pump (1944-1948) -- The stiletto (1950-1954) -- The feminine balancing act (1953-1959) -- Flats, or some like it not (1957-1959) -- From dolly birds to Birkenstocks (1961-1966) -- These boots are made for the Valkyrie (1965-1969) -- Props, platforms, and porno (1970-1974) -- The lord of the gender-bending dance (1977-1979) -- Manolo, Molloy, and the new power shoes (1975-1982) -- The workout is not a spectator sport (1982-1988) -- The cool kid trinity: Vans, Chuck Taylors, and Doc Martens (1982-1994) -- Girl power and Mary Janes (1994-1999) -- Shoes and the single girl (1998-2008) -- The search for ruby slippers (2000-present).
Requests:
0
Summary:
Featuring interviews with designers, historians, and cultural experts, this history of shoes, which reflects the story of women, examines the design innovations and social changes of footwear through the twentieth century.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
391.413 Be
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.0
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.