Cookie banner

This site uses cookies. Select "Block all non-essential cookies" to only allow cookies necessary to display content and enable core site features. Select "Accept all cookies" to also personalize your experience on the site with ads and partner content tailored to your interests, and to allow us to measure the effectiveness of our service.

To learn more, review our Cookie Policy, Privacy Notice and Terms of Use.

or
clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Afternoon Shoe Porn: 7 Crazy Heels from FIT's New Exhibition

By Kerry Folan

Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

  • Alberto Guardiani’s lipstick heel from 2010.
  • Christian Louboutin’s “fetish ballerine” shoe from 2007.
  • Masaya Kushino’s shoe is made of white leather, human hair, lace and Japanese cypress.
  • Prada’s ‘flame’ shoe from Spring '12.
  • Rupert Sanderson’s design for the Royal Opera of London’s production of Aida in 2010.
  • A boot from Alexander McQueen’s spring 2013 collection
  • Alberto Guardiani’s “flutterby” shoe from 2012.

Photos and captions from the 'Shoe Obsession' catalog, via T Magazine

Some people have museum-quality shoe collections of their own. The rest of us have to go to an actual museum if we want to see Roger Vivier's Eyelash Heel pump. FIT's new exhibition Shoe Obsession has some of the most iconic heels ever on display right now—more than 150 of them, to be exact. If you're not in New York, you can fulfill your shoe porn needs with the catalog ($45 at Yale University Press), or get a tease in the gallery above.
· Head Over Heels [T Magazine]
· Closet of the Day: Mariah Carey's Palatial Shoe Paradise [Racked]

More From Racked