Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum dedicated to researching the history and cultural significance of footwear. Comments my own.
Toronto, Canada
Joined April 2011
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The majority of wealthy European men did wear heels in the 17th century, it is just that the ones they wore were different from the ones worn by women. This pair of actual men's heels is also in the @metmuseum
Future Now opening to the public tomorrow @batashoemuseum! Signature sneaker by @RTFKT x @jeffstaple
Looking forward to talking with @jeffstaple about sneakers past/present/future. It will also be the kick-off to something I have been working on @batashoemuseum
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What a fun interview! Thank you so much @madebyjase and @kishkash1!
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I probably shouldn't say this! But this one @batashoemuseum was an amazing exhibition to work on. Especially being able to show incredible 18th century shoes and explore how they were used to reflect, support, challenge and resist shifting power structures batashoemuseum.ca/great-divi…
I wish they were ours!!! They seem so beautiful. They are also two pairs in one, a complete mule and a complete shoe. Later examples usually "fake" the mule part. This is our @batashoemuseum example from the late 1660s
And that the bottom of the painting, which was cut off at some point, is his Two Venetian Women which has a great pair of red chopines!! The lily clearly connects the two parts of the painting.
