V&A breathtaking shoes

Today our class of Fashion & Media went to the Victoria and Albert Museum. We saw two exhibitions; one was “Shoes: Pleasure and Pain” and the second one was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.” The two exhibitions were awesome. They had clothes and shoes, which were breathtaking. I decided to describe the first exhibition that we saw.

The atmosphere in the “Shoes: Pleasure and Pain” display was very calm. There weren’t tons of people like in the McQueen one which was better because you could see better and not bump into people. There was some music in the background, which was soft and relaxing. The lights in the first floor weren’t so bright so it made the atmosphere even softer. On the second floor the lights were brighter as it was all-open. Inside the exhibition people weren’t allowed to take pictures but I could see that some of them were trying to take them. Come on, it was worth getting caught though. I decided to describe very detailed three shoes that were in the exhibition.

The first shoes that I chose were made by Prada for Spring/Summer 2012 collection. It was a pair of open heels with flames coming out of the back of the shoes. It looked like the flames were coming out of a space shuttle. They were colored darkish green but were also produced in red. I can image a very stylish woman wearing them in the busy streets of an important city who’s going to a normal event.

The second pair I chose was very strange in my opinion. They looked like they had a ballerina inside and outside there was another shoe. The ballerina inside looked very simple and was made with a cream color. Instead, the black structure outside looked rigid and the texture was complex. It had many lines, which were connected making different shapes. The front part of the shoe was connected to the back. I can’t really imagine normal people wearing this shoe; maybe some designer, editor or stylist.

The third pair of shoes was made with different patterns and colors. The shoes, a pair of boots with heels, were designed by Sophie Webster. The colors were black, yellow, white, and red. The part of the heel was made with little round balls, white and black. The top part of the shoe were you could tie them around your angle was made with a simple black string with three small balls at the end. The little balls were one red, one yellow and one white. The other parts of the shoe was made of different patterns made with the colors I listed before.