Dior by Roger Vivier

by Uferas, Gerard; Semmelhack, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780847866571
• ISBN10: 0847866572
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-11-27
• Publisher: Rizzoli

Summary

A celebration of the collaboration between two design legends, Christian Dior and Roger Vivier, spotlighting vintage shoes of luxurious glamour.

This beautifully crafted volume highlights the outstanding shoe designs that sprang from the iconic collaboration between two French fashion legends, Christian Dior and Roger Vivier. Spanning from the 1950s, when Monsieur Dior first met the renowned footwear designer, throughout the entire course of this prodigious partnership until the early 1960s, dazzling vintage shoe designs pop off the pages in all their glamorous glory and elaborate modernity.

With over three hundred exclusive photographs of jewel-encrusted slippers, sculptural kitten heels, and other designs embellished with lace, feathers, and more, accompanied by an engaging text penned by shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack, this latest title is a must-have addition to the libraries of fashion and shoe lovers everywhere.

Author Biography

Acclaimed shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack is senior curator at the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto.

Gérard Uféras is a leading contemporary French photographer. His works has been exhibited internationally and featured in books such as In the Company of Stars (Rizzoli, 2007) and Dior, 30 Avenue Montaigne (Terre Bleue, 2012).