Shoes hold a special fascination for women and men all over the world. This history of footwear, from the Middle Ages to the present day, features spectacular photography to highlight the elegance and beauty of everything from exquisite embroidered shoes and slippers to a mouthwatering array of strappy sandals, stilettos, trainers and boots.

Author Biography

Lucy Pratt is Curator of 19th-century fashion in the V&A's Department of Furniture, Textiles & Fashion and the author of Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail (V&A 2005). Linda Woolley has researched and lectured extensively in the field of fashionable dress.