"Toddler Shoe"

Designer Peter Fox Canadian

1994

Not on view

Peter Fox and his wife Linda work as a team, with Peter creating the forms and Linda choosing the materials and colors. Their work is most well know for elegant, modernized versions of historical styles, with a particular emphasis on bridal shoes. The design of this shoe is based on the baby or toddler shoe of the 1950s, and is more quirky than the couple's usual aesthetic. The concealed wedge heel is an unusual feature, recalling the work of Salvatore Ferragamo in the 1930s. Creative interpretation of form has seen a renaissance in shoe design since the mid 1990s, and the cartoonish quality of this shoe can be seen as a manifestation of that trend.

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Title: "Toddler Shoe"
Designer: Peter Fox (Canadian, born England)
Designer: Linda Fox
Date: 1994
Culture: American
Medium: leather
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Linda and Peter Fox, 1994
Object Number: 2009.300.1635a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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