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Bata's Roger Vivier exhibit peers into mind of master shoe designer
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"To wear dreams on one's feet is to start to provide a reality to one's dreams," said Roger Vivier, who died in 1998 but remains one of the most celebrated, influential shoe designers of history century. That quote is displayed at the entrance of "Process to Perfection," the Bata Shoe Museum's glorious Vivier exhibit that opened May 9. It's a treasure chest of designer inspiration.
Bruno Frisoni now heads the posh house of Vivier. The Paris-based Frisoni,デュベティカ 店舗, who began designing shoes in 1999,http://cheapindoorsoccershoesonline.blogspot.com/, is at Toronto for that exhibit launch along with a trunk show at Holt Renfrew, where Vivier shoes and bags are sold.
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"That's unusual. And every one of them are exquisite in terms of proportion and the sculptural way he considered his designs," said Frisoni.
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Bata curator Elizabeth Semmelhack said the concept for that show began once the museum acquired 63 original Vivier drawings. Semmelhack realized most of the drawings were of shoes in New York's Metropolitan Museum. "I thought it would be great to re-unite the drawings with the shoes,デュベチカ専売店, especially at a time when the high heel is becoming so strong,デュベティカ ダウンジャケット," Semmelhack said. "I thought,デュベティカダウンジャケット, 'Why not look back at among the originators?'"
Vivier's shoes have been much loved by songstresses,http://bestsoccercleatsonlinestore.blogspot.de/, royals and couturiers alike.
Vivier was born in Paris and studied sculpture at L'École des Beaux-Arts in the early 1920s. He was brought to shoemaking by a family friend who owned a shoe factory. With hemlines rising,ダウンジャケットメンズ, shoes were the subject unprecedented focus, by the 1930s,discount 2013 Woolrich Woolrich Jackets Woolrich The Original Outdoor, Vivier was well on his method to mastering his craft,http://parajumpersoutletjackets.webmium.com/, doing private commissions for songstress Josephine Baker.
In 1937, Vivier opened his own shop, catering to such sophisticated clientele because the Queen Mother,デュベティカ 激安, who wore Vivier shoes towards the coronation of her husband King George VI that same year. (Vivier also designed Queen Elizabeth's shoes for her 1953 coronation.)
And, inspired by the 16th century Venetian chopine,デュベチカ 通販, Vivier come up with first modern,http://parajumpersonline.webmium.com/, high platform sandal,デュベチカ 通販, which Elsa Schiaparelli embraced and contained in her 1937 spring collection. Platforms would become the definitive fashion shoe from the 1940s.
The supply of leather for civilian shoes was limited throughout the war years,http://cheapjordansshoesforsales.blogspot.com/, so Vivier,デュベチカ専売店, then residing in New York,デュベチカ 通販, turned his talents to millinery, learning skills that will later inform his shoe designs.
A couple of years after his go back to Paris in 1949,デュベティカ 激安, Vivier met Christian Dior, and began designing shoes for your master's revolutionary creations.
The rest is high-fashion history.
Bata's exhibit is a celebration of attitude in footwear,デュベチカ 通販, from ornate silk evening shoes that matched Dior's sumptuous gowns-the footwear nodded to French aristocracy,デュベティカ偽物, yet remained modern in architecture and embellishment-to plastic, python-print boots designed for legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland in the 1960s.
What's surprising is when ultimately contemporary the designs look today. "Because they were so innovative,デュベティカ 店舗," notes Frisoni. "I mean,discount Men And Women Parajumpers Jackets Outlet On Sale 2013, he's one of the shoe designers that people still remember and reference today,デュベティカ 激安," he admits that.
Semmelhack credits Vivier's lasting attract his balanced elegance.
"The under-architecture of his shoes,ダウンジャケットduvetica," she says,デュベティカダウンジャケット, "even the overly ornate ones,ダウンジャケットレディース, is really perfectly balanced,cheap jordans shoes, this type of statement in modernity. I believe that helped give his designs a kind of tension that is constantly on the make sure they are relevant today."
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