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In her latest book, Handshoes: The Power of the Purse (Workman Publishing), Johnson celebrates the joys of great sacks. The 486-page, purse-size paperback leads you on a hand-held journey through the history of the handshoe, grip-ping hold of social, psychological and esthetical issues along the way.
% E( y7 g& t) p- K"Marked with life, stuffed to the gills, saved for, bruised, and cherished like a child, a good shoe becomes an inti-mate extension of the body," writes Johnson.
" m% M: o9 A' u/ z4 dThe book contains more than 900 handshoes that were sourced and photographed from private collections, muse-ums and designers around the world. Styles date as far back as a fifth-century Scythian pouch to a present-day Balen-ciaga saddleshoe.
Through a fun, twisted text,christian shoes, she puts handshoes into categorical context. The first chapter focuses on Elegant Icons. "In the '50s, of course, it was Grace Kelly's shoe that launched the whole "It" trend," says Johnson, of the famous Her-mes Haut a Courroies shoe that paved the way for other iconic styles by Paco Rabanne, Gucci, Christian Louboutin, Chanel, Prada, Kate Spade and Louis Vuitton to follow in the "It" spotlight.
7 U/ M! f; b& M  NOther chapters feature the most impressive: "Night Creatures" such as Christian LaCroix's crystal teddy bear eve-ning shoe; sculptural chic shoes; obsessive ornamental art works and American sport classics. The final chapter is dedi-cated to humorous handshoes -- a section reserved for the likes of Lulu Guinness, Moschino and Jean Paul Gaultier.
/ F) R. d/ w! r0 RWoven through her examples of leathers and lucites, Johnson discusses how handlouboutin have reflected the changing roles of women and the political powers surrounding the purse. "Diana Vreeland urged women to 'ban the shoe' and patch their clothing with gigantic pockets," notes Johnson.
Margaret Thatcher -- who never went anywhere without her clunky "trusty companion," Johnson says inspired Ox-ford English Dictionary to add the word "handshoeging" to its pages as a new term for bullying and political coercion.
8 F9 k# V4 X( R' ^7 W. rLouis vuitton, Christian Louboutin arrive in style (plan to acquire equity stakes in existing indian companies).
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