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Pair of Shoes

1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Red or Dead (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Pair of man's black leather shoes with watch fastenings.

Object details

Categories
Footwear
Leather
Men's Clothes
Fashion
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Pair of shoes
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Leather
Leather
Brief description
Pair of man's leather shoes, made by Red or Dead, England, 1988.
Physical description
Pair of man's black leather shoes with watch fastenings.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
  • Length: 27cm
Gallery label
(1990)
"WATCH SHOES"
Designed by Red or Dead (British)
Black leather with moulded rubber soles and wrist watch fastenings
Spring/Summer 1988

Wayne Hemingway began his career in 1982 selling used clothes in London's Camden Market. He quickly expanded, designing and marketing his own line of clothing, eventually making his name in shoes. His shop, Red or Dead, opened in 1987 specialising in irreverent, off-beat footwear. The "Watch Shoe" was Red or Dead's most sought after shoe for the summer of 1988 and characteristic of Hemingway's surreal approach to footwear design.

His shop now sells their own menswear line and a newly launched womenswear collection and has become that wonderful contradiction - an institution of avant garde fashion.

Given by Red or Dead
T.115&a-1989
Credit line
Given by the makers
Object history
Registered File number 1988/2301.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.115&A-1989

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O368018/pair-of-shoes-red-or-dead/
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