It\u2019s time to talk about what Shireen loves more than her shower caps, her co-host, or her perfect skin, and that\u2019s shoes. There\u2019s a new exhibit at a SoFlo museum that\u2019s letting you step into the world of footwear and its history in a unique way.<\/p>\n
Every shoe has a sole, and every pair tells a story.<\/p>\n
From iconic, fairytale slippers to music\u2019s funkiest accessory.<\/p>\n
As the saying goes, if the shoe fits, wear it, and head over to the Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n
The museum is stepping it up with its new exhibit.<\/p>\n
Danielle Charlap: \u201cThe exhibition is called Foot Notes: Shoes, Symbolism, and Society, and it\u2019s really footnotes, little vignettes about interesting facts about shoes in the first half of the 20th century.\u201d<\/p>\n
Think of it as a different kind of look into the history of shoes.<\/p>\n
Danielle Charlap: \u201cThe exhibition starts with symbolic shoes before you even enter, with a section on Cinderella. I came across an X-ray shoe fluoroscope, which was used for trying on shoes and making sure they fit. We have these amazing posters that have the symbol of shoes. This piece here hasn\u2019t been shown for 40 years. It\u2019s by this artist Ann Slavit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Danielle Charlap: \u201cShe also really sees it as a personal biographical piece that speaks to her experience and many women artists in the 1970s who were waiting to enter museums and told in one way or another that they didn\u2019t really fit in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wait, what about, you know\u2026<\/p>\n
Danielle Charlap: \u201cWe have lots of shoes as well. The shoe exhibit does have shoes. We have dozens of shoes on display. We have, I believe, 36, and that\u2019s counting high fashion pumps, heels, boots.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boots, you say?<\/p>\n
Danielle Charlap: \u201cWe have two case studies, and one of them is Beth Levine. She was a groundbreaking American designer. She made the boots that Nancy Sinatra wore while promoting her song \u2018These Boots Are Made for Walking.\u2019 And we actually have the actual blueprint patterns with her leg measurements. We have the very iconic Ferragamo rainbow shoe named for Judy Garland, who has just recently starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n
Say no more, I\u2019m head over heels.<\/p>\n
Danielle Charlap: \u201cI think everyone\u2019s gonna find something they relate to. We all wear shoes, but we all have a different relationship to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foot Notes: Shoes, Symbolism, and Society will be on display through next February. Admission is free for Florida residents.<\/p>\n