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Woman's shoes

Manufactured by: Miu Miu (Italian, founded 1993)
Italian
Fall 2006

Medium/Technique Patent leather, brass, leather, and carved wood
Dimensions Height x width: 19.1 x 25.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Prada USA
Accession Number2007.574.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes
In March 2006 the Prada company decided to show its Miu Miu collection at the Paris restaurant Lapérouse to signal the fact that this "secondary" line had developed its own identity, apart from the higher-priced Prada line. The Miu Miu collection took inspiration from the restaurant's baroque interior, infamous (and famous) as a place of assignation for men and their mistresses. Models strolled through the restaurant's fourteen rooms wearing wedges like these, with carved and gilt heels that recall the elaborate paneling often found in eighteenth-century French buildings. With their gilt-wood heels and edgy red patent-leather uppers, these shoes are a witty combination of eighteenth-century and modern-day eroticism.

Gift of Prada USA, 2007 2007.574.1-2

DescriptionPair of woman's platform wedges with red patent leather "Mary Jane" uppers and ornate "rococo" gilt wood carved heels. Labeled: "Miu Miu"
ProvenanceGift of Prada USA from the Fall 2006 collection; Gift to MFA (Accession Date June 27, 2007)
CopyrightThe image of the work here represented is exclusively owned by PRADA S.A., owner of the Miu Miu trademark and designs, and will remain the exclusive property of PRADA S.A. The mentioned exclusive rights of PRADA S.A. in the Miu Miu trademark and design are subject to protection.