Vivienne Westwood Shoes 1973-2006 on exhibit in Vigevano

On September 16th, “Vivienne Westwood Shoes 1973-2006” was opened in Vigevano Sforzesco Castle. This retrospective, edited by Luca Beatrice and Matteo Guarnaccia, celebrates the genius of the British designer, an anarchical interpreter of the creation of symbol objects: the shoes. The exhibition travels over again her exceptional career main stages, going back to the punk origins in 1973 with the launch of the Sex Pistols, and introducing the models that dictated along the years the rules of a new style. The exhibition plays on the parallelism between the charismatic Duchess Beatrice d'Este, historical figure of the Lombardic town, and the Westwood, one of the most applauded and controversial designers of these days. A link that starts from the "Pianella" flat shoe displayed in the local Footwear Museum, belonging to the first one, in order to arrive to breathtaking and by now most famous model Super Elevated Gillie by the second one, in charge of Naomi Campbell's memorable fall during a catwalk show. The exhibition will remain opened until November 19th 2006.