1
Wedge sandal from Prada’s spring 2012 collection. Courtesy of Prada.
2
Salvatore Ferragamo sandal from 1938. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Salvatore Ferragamo.
3
Atom, from Noritaka Tatehana’s 2012–2013 collection. Courtesy of Noritaka Tatehana.
4
A 19th-century Manchu shoe. Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection.
5
Ghada Amer’s A Pause in an Abstract Painting, 2014. Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection.