Foreword by Louise Mirrer
Stand and Conquer: The Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes by Stuart Weitzman
Standing in Heels, Standing on Principle? by Valerie Paley
Fashion, Performance, and Politics: An Introduction to the Stuart Weitzman Collection by Edward Maeder
o Sentimental Survivors
o Politics and Prosperity from the Ground Up
o Popular Dances Focus on Feet
o Skyscraper Moderne and Streamlined Designs
o Films and Other Images
o Conflicts, Postwar America and Celebrity Designers
o Pop and Popular Styles in the 1960s
o The Turn-of-the-Century Stance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Edward Maeder is a leading costume and textile historian and curator, and the founding director of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. He has held curatorial positions at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Stuart A. Weitzman is an American designer, entrepreneur and founder of the eponymous international, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman.
Valerie Paley is Director, Center for Women’s History, Vice President and Chief Historian, New-York Historical Society.