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Shoes

c.1973
Artist/Maker
Mary Quant (designer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Shoes, yellow with a high heel, designed by Mary Quant in about 1973. The proportions of the flared trousers and maxi-skirts of the early 1970s were complemented by platform-soled shoes, echoing the silhouettes of the 1940s. Mary Quant produced this style of shoe in a variety of bright colours, including the yellow seen here.

Object details

Categories
#WeWantQuant
Footwear
Object type
Shoes
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoes
  • Shoes
Materials and techniques
Leather
Leather
Brief description
Shoes, yellow with high heel, designed by Mary Quant, England, c.1973
Physical description
Shoes, yellow leather with white detailing. Peep toe style with block heel.
Dimensions
  • Length of each shoe, toe to back of heel length: 23.5cm
  • Height of heel height: 6.5cm
  • Width across widest part of each shoe width: 8cm
Gallery label
(30/03/2020)
[Mary Quant exhibition, 2019]

PLATFORM SHOES
1972–73
Worn by Ann Berryman

Ann Berryman worked as an audio typist at a Bradford insurance company. She later wrote, ‘During my lunch hour I would browse the city shops [where] I saw the Mary Quant shoes. Mary Quant was THE name at that time and as I now had money of my own, I could pay for them myself. I remember going back to work and proudly showing off my latest purchase’.

Leather, plastic and metal
Labelled ‘Mary Quant’
Manufactured by Mary Quant shoes, Bristol
V&A: T.67:1&2-2018
Credit line
Given by Ann Berryman
Object history
This object was acquired as part of the V&A's #WeWantQuant campaign. This was a public call-out for objects designed by Mary Quant. This was run as part of the preparation for an exhibition on Mary Quant 2019/2020
Summary
Shoes, yellow with a high heel, designed by Mary Quant in about 1973. The proportions of the flared trousers and maxi-skirts of the early 1970s were complemented by platform-soled shoes, echoing the silhouettes of the 1940s. Mary Quant produced this style of shoe in a variety of bright colours, including the yellow seen here.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.67-2018

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Record createdAugust 24, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1459142/shoes-mary-quant/
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