Questions and answers on shoes and bags: the great shoemakers, the styles and their names, how a luxury shoe is made, the shapes and history of the handbag, leather, and how to tell real from fake. For the famous bags themselves, see The It-Bags, and for what’s coming next, our bag trends.
Persian riders to the stiletto.
Pumps, mules, slingbacks, brogues.
The red sole and the court cases.
The shoemaker Carrie made famous.
The stiletto and the buckle pump.
From East London to the red carpet.
Hollywood’s shoemaker and the wedge.
Air Jordan to the luxury trainer.
Lasts, welts and Italian factories.
Tote, hobo, baguette, saddle.
Reticules, trunks and the 2.55.
Calf, lamb, Saffiano, Togo.
Warning signs and authentication.
The carré, the belt and the Wayfarer.
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