Shoephoria! The history of footwear – in pictures
Shoephoria! at the Fashion Museum in Bath showcases 350 pairs of boots and shoes to illustrate their evolution over the last 300 years, demonstrating the creativity and style of shoemakers and wearers
Main image: Glitter wedge-heel shoes by Peter Jensen. Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum BathFri 14 May 2021 05.02 EDT
The oldest shoe in the museum’s collection: a red velvet mule with gold and silver embroidery, circa 1690s Photograph: Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterFloral-embroidered high heel, circa 1760s Photograph: Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterQueen Victoria’s elastic-sided boots from the 1850s, by the shoemaker Joseph Box Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterCream silk embroidered baby shoes, circa 1850s Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMen’s slippers with Berlin wool work, 1880s Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA pair of Russian boots circa 1900s worn by Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938), an English aristocrat on the fringes of the Bloomsbury Group Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWhite leather baby bootees with silk pom-poms, circa 1914 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMottled gold leather shoe with diamanté buckle, circa 1920s. Made by Joseph Box Photograph: Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSilver dancing shoe, circa 1940s. Made by Dolcis, worn by Barbara Buckley Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterRed suede lace-up wartime shoe with a wooden sole, 1940s. By C&J Clark (now known as Clarks) Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA golden wedge and plastic heelless shoe, circa 1949. Made by Rayne Photograph: Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSilver space-age boot, 1960s Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter‘Fishnet’ mesh boots, worn by Dame Alicia Markova. By Herbert Levine, New York, circa 1964 Photograph: Pete Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterVelvet monogrammed slippers, worn by Noël Coward. By Tom Hill, circa 1967 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterCourt shoes, worn by Ginger Rogers. By Rayne, circa 1970s Photograph: Pete Stone/Rayne Shoe Archive
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMaroon red patent-leather extreme platform boot, circa 1972 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGold knotted-rope toe-thong mules by Christian Louboutin, circa 1997 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterRed patent-leather slingbacks with wooden block heel, by Marni, 2000s Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterRive Gauche shoes by Yves Saint Laurent, circa 2004 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterTrainers by Stella McCartney for Adidas, 2011 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGlitter wedge-heel shoes by Peter Jensen, from the autumn/winter 2015 Princess Julia collection Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA pair of Dr Martens boots, circa 2015, digitally printed with an image taken from the series of Georgian paintings by Hogarth, The Rake’s Progress Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter‘Out of this World’ classic clog, by Crocs, circa 2020 Photograph: Peter Stone/Fashion Museum Bath
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