MARCHE ET DÉMARCHE

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs continues its exploration of the relationship between fashion and body in ‘Marche et Démarche’, which looks at the history of the shoe. This exhibition traces the stylistic development and cultural significance of footwear from the Middle Ages to modern times. In addition to shoes, this story will be told through the display of paintings, decorative arts, photographs, film and advertisements drawn from the museum’s rich archives and other collections. From costume (Christian Louboutin and David Lynch’s ballet slippers) and high fashion (Raf Simons for Christian Dior shoes) to the historic (Marie-Antoinette’s slippers, 1792) and avant-garde (Iris Schieferstein’s ‘Horseshoes’, 2006), this show questions our everyday act of walking.

November 7, 2019 – February 23, 2020 Musée des Arts Décoratifs,

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