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Pair of Platform Shoes

1993 (made), 4th quarter 1993-1st quarter 1994 (retailed)
Artist/Maker
Vivienne Westwood (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Bright blue punched leather "mock-croc" platform shoes, blue silk ribbon laces, platform soles, 23 cm long, 30.5 cm high.

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Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Footwear
Fashion
Object type
Pair of platform shoes
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Bright blue punched leather, blue silk ribbon laces
Leather
Silk (Textile)
Brief description
Bright blue punched leather "mock-croc" platform shoes, blue silk ribbon laces, platform soles, Vivienne Westwood, Autumn/ Winter 1993-4 collection.
Physical description
Bright blue punched leather "mock-croc" platform shoes, blue silk ribbon laces, platform soles, 23 cm long, 30.5 cm high.
Dimensions
  • Length: 21cm
  • Height: 27cm
  • Length: 21cm
  • Width: 7cm
Gallery label
(2015-2016)
Label for the exhibition Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
Fall From Grace
The supermodel Naomi Campbell will be forever associated with the blue mock-croc Vivienne Westwood platforms that were responsible for her spectacular fall on a Paris catwalk. Westwood’s reinterpretation of the platform heel was exaggeratedly proportioned. It required a courageous wearer who was not afraid of heights.

Super Elevated Gillie’ with
21 cm heels
1993
London
Vivienne Westwood
Leather and silk
Worn by Naomi Campbell
Given by Mrs Vivienne Westwood
V&A: T.225:1, 2-1993
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
Registered File number 1993/633.
Production
Autumn/winter 1993-4 collection.
Association
Campbell, Naomi
Bibliographic reference
Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.225:1, 2-1993

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Record createdNovember 7, 2003
Record URL
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